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Wcedon, George. Valley Forge orderly book of General
George Weedon . . . the Continental army ... in the cam-
paign of 1777-8, describing the . . . battles of Brandywinc
. . . Germantown . . . and of the camps at Neshaminy,
Wilmington . . . and Valley Forge; with prefatory note by
Samuel W. Pennypacker.

N. Y. Dodd 1903. 323 p. O. $6.50 special net

Valuable for the daily routine of army life, the difficulty in maintaining
discipline, and the like. It is faithfully printed from the manuscript so that
many orders omitted or lost from the latter are not printed. It concerns only a
particnlar division of one brigade.

Nation 76:72.

Philip P. Wklls, Not. 1903

ALA £)37

Printed from the original manuscript in the Library of
the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia
for Promoting Useful Knowledge and under the direction
of its Committee on Historical Manuscripts.

Valley Forge Orderly Book

HIS BOOK IS LIMITED TO AN
EDITION OF TWO HUNDRED
AND FIFTY-FIVE COPIES

VALLEY FORGE
ORDERLY BOOK

of General GEORGE WEEDON of

the Continental Army under Command of Genl
Gtorge Washington^ in the Campaign of 1777-8

Defcribing the Events of the Battles of Brandywhu,
Warren Tavern, Germantewn, and Whitemarjhy and
of the Camps at Nejhaminy, Wilmington^ Penny-
packer's MiSt, Skippack, Whitemarjk, &? Valley Forge

NEW rORK: D O D D, MEAD
AND COMPANY • MIJCCCCII

DEC 23 1902 I

iBHAKl

^Iri^lLr- 'St'-^^"^ •

Pint EditiOQ Published December, 1902

VNiyuttrnr pbem • john wiuon

AND SON • CAMBUDGX, V. •• A.

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Illustrations

ft Disposition of the American Army
for battle, at Germantown, Oct.
4th, 1777 Frontispiece

* Disposition of the troops at Mount

Holly Facing 142

' Order of battle, Dec, 3rd, 1777 . " 146

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VALLEY FORGE
ORDERLY BOOK

Prefatory Note

GEN. GEORGE WEEDON, whose
orderly book during the campaign
of 1777-78 is herewith for the first
time published, at the beginning
of the war of the Revolution was an innkeeper,
living in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he
was bom in 1730, and where he died in 1790.
He entered the service early, and was commis-
sioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Third Virginia
r^ment in February, 1776, and later held the
same rank in the First Virginia Regiment. He
was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General
February 23, 1777. He served in Greene's
division at Brandywine and Germantown, and
he was at the surrender of Cornwallis at York-
town in 178 1.

This book, though described by James
Mease as an " Orderly Book at Valley Forge,'*
is much more extended in its scope. Opening
at the camp at Neshaminy in Bucks County,
Penna., August ao, 1777, it shows the move-
ments of the armv through Philadelphia to
Brandywine, and tne incidents at the various
camps at Wilmington, Falls of Schuylkill,
Pennypacker's Mills on the Perkiomen, where

PREFATORY

NOTE

a council of war determined to risk another
battle, Skippack, and Valley Forge, where it
closes May 7, 1778.

It details the events of the battles of Brandy-
wine, Warren Tavern, Germantown, and White-
marsh, in which last engagement, so entirely
overlooked by our historians, the skill and
courage of Washington were more conspicu-
ously displayed than perhaps in any other con-
flict of the campaign, and were successful in
driving Howe with considerable loss from the
field. It contains the plans of no less than
three battles, with some diagrams illustrating
them, and the orders relating to Germantown
issued at Skippack, heretofore unknown, of the
most serious importance in the study of that
engagement. Most of the records of this
character are very meagre in their details, but
this book throws a flood of light upon the life
of the army, the kind of bread and other food
used, the markets, the manner of drumming a
delinquent out of camp, the method of dealing
with the itch, the prevention of diseases caused
by filth, and the celebration of victories. We
are told that each man must come to parade
^^ having his Beard shaved. Hair combd, face
washed, and Cloathes put on in the best manner
in his power," and that after the battle of
Brandywine, in anticipation of another engage-
ment, the General divested himself of all bag-
gage, retaining nothing but his blankets.

When it is remembered that the possession
of Philadelphia, the leading city of the colonies

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and the Seat of Congress, was r^arded as of
supreme consequence both by the heads of
government and the leaders of the armies,
that all the eflForts of Howe were directed to
its capture, and those of Washington to its
defence, and that this volume covers almost
the entire period of this vital campaign, as well
as the later winter encampment at Valley Forge,
the value of the contribution to American his-
tory may be understood.

Col. Hugh Mercer, the nephew of G^n.
Weedon, directed the deposit of the volume
with the American Philosophical Society, and
it is now published under the auspices of
that venerable and influential institution of
learning.

Saml. W. Pennypacker.

Sept. 7, igoi.

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Later Memoranda Written in the
Volume

THIS orderly book of the American
Army under the immediate Com-
mand of General Washington be-
longed to Major General Weedon
of Virginia, and at my request was presented
to me by his Nephew, Col. Hugh Mercer of
Fredericksburg, promising him, but of my own
accord, to present it to the American Philo-
sophical Society, as by this wridne I now do.
In consideration however of its value, and that
another Copy in all probability is not to be
found, or certainly not to be obtained, M'
Mercer and myself stipulate that it must never
be permitted to be taken from the hall.

James Mbase.

PbiUMphia Nov. 5, 1839.

to August, 1777 and ends 7 May, 1778.

Philad. 1 Dec 1839. Recdved from D'
James Mease by direction of Col. Hugh
Mercer.

Jn Vaughan, LW" of

Period 20 Aug 1777
to 7 May 1778

Am Philo Socy

pretented 6 Dec & referred to a Committee
reported i May 1840.

J. P. S. Di(^ 6. 1839

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LATER MEMORANDA

Fredericksbg Not^^ j^j^ ^Sj^

My dear Sir^

I SHALL ever have a lively & grateful
recollection of your polite & kind atten-
tions to me, during my late Sojourn in
your charming City- & I should be
much gratified by an opportunity of reciprocat-
ing your Friendship, under my own roof here-
I hope you have received from Dr James
Mease, the "Journal of the Camp at Valley
Forge," when the army was in Winter Quarters,
— as that Gentleman promised you verbally
& in writing, when I was lately in Philad* If
Dr M — has not yet left it with you, as I sent
it to him 7 or 8 years ajgo, with the letters to
& from my uncle Gen*^ Geo Weedon of the
army, on those conditions, (which letters I was
happy to find in your Care, as Librarian of the
American Philosophical Society) I will thank
you to shew this letter to him with my earnest
request, that the " Journal " be handed you
immediately y to be deposited in my name with
the letters, among the archives of the Society,
of which you are the Zealous & attentive
manager & Librarian-

Those were the terms, which Dr Mease
will recollect well, upon which I confided to
him these precious revolutionary Relicks, some
years ago, — & I will not doubt but that he
will without longer delay comply with my
wishes as well as your own- I shall be happy
to hear from you, after the Journal has been

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committed to your care by Dr Mease- &
remain,

my dear Sir,

with high respect,

yr friend &&c, —

Hugh Mercer

I believe you made a record in one of your
books, or I did it at your reouest the morning
I had the pleasure to breakfast with you, of
the interesting fact, that my honored & la-
mented father & Gen* Geo. Weedon who was
my second father, (I being but 5 months old
when my father fell at Princeton) married
Sisters-

John Vaughan esqr
PMladr.

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Orderly Book of the American Army
at Valley Forge under command of
George Washington

Hi girr! 20 Au^, 1777 Gn O—

Paroli • • Norway • • C SigMs Norfolk-Norwich —
Af j/r G«rf t9M9rrow SmtLnfO -—

Brig' MUHLENBURO —

FieU: L^ Col! Febigger t^ Batard

Brigade Mi^or Day

THE order by which Col. Armands
Corps was annexed to Gen! Conways
Bri^ide is Countermanded — Tne
Commander in Chief is pleas'd to
approve the following Sentences of a Gen.'.
C\ Martial held the 18* Ins! whereof Col-
Mf Clenaghan was Presf! Viz. . . . Lieu! Ambrose
Crane of Col. Stewarts Reg! charged with break-
ing his former Arrest & going to Philf in Com-
pany with two Off? of same Reg! likewise under
Arrest without Col Stewarts knowledge or Per-
mission — Pleaded Guilty — Sentenced to be
Cashier'd —

L! Benjamin Hoomes of af V Reg! charg'd
with behaving in a manner unbecoming an
Officer & a Grentleman — The Court Unani-
mously acquitted the Prisoner of the Charge
exhibited against him —

Jacob Moon Pay Mas! to 14!^ V R^
charg'd with ungendemanlike behaviour oc

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Defrauding the Soldi? out of their Pay, —
found guilty of Ungentlemanlike behaviour in
giving the Lie to Ensigns Washnam & Moore
& not guilty of Defrauding the Sold" out of
their Pay — Sentenc'd to be Reprimanded by
the CoL in presence of the Officers of the
Reg? he belongs to —

Such OfP! as have not yet settled their
Ration Ace? are Notified — rfiat Mf Bates is
oblig'd to leave Camp the i?! of Sept^ and that
those Ace? which are not brought in by that
time cannot be settled on this side Hartford —
Qu' Mas? who are not acquainted with the
form of a Ration Abstract may have one from
Ml Bates —

B. . O' Field Off: for the Brigade to morrow Lj Col. Willm

Ji^l OVBRTON

CO- Head Qay, 21^, Jtigi 1777—

Parole C Signs

Majer Geff{ to morrow — Grebnb —

Brig: Woodford

Field Off:', Col. Broadhbad isf L^ Col. Taliaferro
B Majer Day

THE whole Army is to march to-
morrow morning, The Gen! is to beat
at half after three, the troop at half
past four & at 5 oClock the Army is
to begin their march, The Majf Genlf QM G|
& Comm? G! will receive their orders at Head
Qu" at 5 oClock this Afternoon, An Orderly
Man from each Reg! of Horse to attend at the

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same time for orders, Genl Lincolns Division
to relieve the Cattle guard this afternoon as
soon as possible —

Every thing to be in readiness to march early
to morrow morning agreeable to the orders of
the Day — The Commanding OIP! of Reg?
are to see that their Reg? are properly fur-
nished with baggage Waggons & that those
Waggons are Well provided with Horses, The
Commanding OfP! of the Artillery of each
Brigade will take care that their Pieces &
Ammunition Waggons arc well found, Those
Reg? that have Sick, Incapable of marching
must apply to Col. Abeell & QM Gl for
Waggons to transport them in, Such as ought
to be sent to the Hospital to be by the Sur-

feons of the Reg? immediately reported to the
)irector of the nying Hospital —

It is expected alter this notice every thing
mil be in readiness for the march without Con-
fusion or Delay — The Gen! observes with
concern, many Centries sitting on their Posts,
a Practice no less dangerous than disgraceful
& considering the severity of the Punishment
Inflicted on those found sleeping on their
Posts it cannot be too carefully guarded against
& more especially as it is considered an Evident
mark of want of Discipline.

N Greene, M. G' —

Such Regiments as have not Provisions for to
morrow are tg Draw this afternoon. The Q'

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G. . A, O

G. . O-

Mas" & Waggon Mas" are to see that nothing
is wanting in their Departments, No Officers
or Sold" to be absent from Camp on any pre-
tence whatever — L! Apperson of 6!^ V Reg!
at the request of L! Stubblefield as a proper
Person for the purpose of Inspecting the
Provisions Drawn by the Brigade is appointed
to relieve him from that Duty —

Hi Qui' 21'^ Jug*. J7

The Army is to remain in its present En-
campment till further orders.

Hi Qtrj 22* Au^, 77

Major Geif, to morrow Stephens

Brig^, . • • • Weedon

Fi Off\t • • • Col. Frazbr. Major Crawford
B. . Major Peers —

THE Brigf! & OfR commanding Bri-
gades are to Assemble to morrow
morning at Nine oClock at the
Tavern at the Cross roads to con-
sider the Reports made to them relative to the
prices of Liquors sold by the Suttlers & to
give their opinion upon the matter to the Com-
mander in Chief pursuant to the General orders
of the II? Ins! —

The Commander in Chief approves the
following Sentences of a Gen! Court Martial
held the 19? ao? & 21? Ins! whereof Col. M*
Celnaghan was Pres*l* — Captain Crump of the
I? V. Reg! charged with wantonly ordering Li

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Smith under an arrest when he knew he was
executing the Generals orders for which he has
been acquitted by a General Cl Martial & for
afterwards attempting to Vindicate his Conduct
by giving in false Evidence to the Court declar-
ing he did not know he was acting as Brigade
Major to Gen! Muhlenburg at that time,
Acquitted

Brigade Major Swaine charged with repeated
neglect of Duty, particularly in not attending
for orders the 17^ Ins! in proper time, by
which means His Excellency's Intentions who
had order'd Straw & Rum to be furnish'd the
Men were entirely frustrated & the Soldiery,
particularly the Sick, was left expos'd to the
Inclemency of the Wheather in a much greater
degree for the want of those necessaries —
Found guilty of repeated neglect of Duty &
not guilty of the remaining part of the charge,
Sentenc'd to be reprimanded in Genl orders —
The Commander in Chief regrets that he is so
frequently obliged to censure Off!! in GenJ or-
ders for neglect of Duty & other offences and
wishes earnestly that by an attentive & punc-
tual discharge of their Duty they would save
him from a task so painful & disagreeable.
Officers sh? in their conduct set examples be-
fore the men of Diligence & a strict com-
pliance to every order —

Delays are always dangerous, & in the
Military service often attended with the most
fatal consequences, especially must they be
so — in Officers on whom the Distribution of

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Genl orders depends — The Genl at the same
time thanks those Officers whose regard for
the good of the service leads them to bring
delinquents to Justice & assures them that
such conduct will ever meet his warm appro-
bation and adds positively that for any future
remissness in Brigade Majors in any part of
their Duty He will certamly suspend them
till the pleasure of Congress respecting them
be known as there is no possibility of conduct-
ing the affairs of an Army without the greatest
punctuality in the performance of the Duties
of their Department —

George Bignal of lo? V Reg! charged with
Desertion, No witnesses appearing against
the Prisoner, The Court order'd him to be
released from his confinement for the present
— Adam Close of 6"^ V Reg! charged with De-
sertion, No witnesses appearing against the
Prisoner, The Court order'd him to be sent
to his Company — John Brumtler of lo!? V
R^ charg'd with Sleeping on his Post while
on Centry over Prisoners, Pleaded guilty &
was sentenced to receive Twenty Lashes on
his bare back —

Edward Mealy of Captain Tho! Birds
Conipany, charged with Desertion order'd by
the Court to be sent to his Company — James
Byrne of Col. Stewarts Reg! charg'd with De-
sertion, order'd by the Court to be sent to his
Compy

As the Congress never have & the Genl is
persuaded never do Intend to give Rank to

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any of the Waggon Mas" in this Army, ex-
cept the Waggon Mas! Gen!, They are ordered
not to Assume the title of Majors Captains
&c. but to be Distinguished by the names
of Division or Brigade Waggon Mas" as the
case may happen to be, Waggon Mas" are
useful in every Army & will be supported in
all their Just Priviledges, but the way for them
to obtain respect is by a diligent & faithful
discharge of their respective Duties without
favour or Affection to any one — This order
is to extend to Persons in every other Depart-
ment who have not rank given to them by
their Commissions or appointments by Con-
gress — The Commander in Chief has the
happiness to Inform the Army of a Signal
Victory obtained at the Northward — A part
of Gen'. Burgoynes Army ab! 1500 in number
was Detach'd towards New Hampshire with
a Design to possess themselves of Bennington.
Brig! Gen! Stark of the State of New Hamp-
shire with about 2000 men mostly Militia
Attacked them. Our Troops behav'd in a
brave & Heroic manner they push'd the
Enemy from one Work to another thrown
up on advantageous ground & from different
Posts with Spirit & fortitude until they gain'd
a compleat victory over them — The following
IS a List of the Prisoners, KilFd & Wounded
Viz! I U Col. I Major 5 Captains la L*! 4
Ensigns 2 Cornets i Judge Advocate i Baron
2 Canadian off? & 3 Surgeons 37 Brittish
Sold" 398 Hessians, 38 Canadians & 151

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Tories taken Prisoners — The number of
Wounded exclusive of the above are about
80, The number of the Enemy who were Slain
has not been ascertain'd but is suppos'd to be
about 200. — Their Artillery consisting of 4
Brass field pieces with a considerable quantity
of Baggage likewise fell into our hands. Our
loss consists of about 20 or 30 kiild & per-
haps 50 wounded — The Army is to march
to morrow morning if it shf not rain — pre-
cisely in the time & manner appointed in the
orders of Yesterday —

The two Divisions which go to Corryells
ferry, will march in this order — Geni Greene's
first then Gen! Stephens's & then the baggage
of both Divisions in the same order as the
Divisions march. Gen! Greene will order an
advanc'd Guard from his Division & Gen!
Stephens a rear Guard from his Division —
Each Guard to be under the Command of a
Field officer. The officer commanding the
rear Guard will Detach a Subaltern & 30
Men to follow in the rear of the Baggage to
pick up all Stragglers who escape the rear
Guard & to see that the Sick & lame are not
neglected but properly disposed of among the
Waggons —

B. O, Brigade Field Off: of the Day to morrow . . Col. Stevens
D* • • • for advan^d Guard • . • \}, Col. Parur

The OfP" commanding Reg? in Gen! Wee-
dons Brigade will appoint very small B^gage
Guards to morrow as the Brigade Qu' Guard

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will take charge of the Baggage belonging to
the Brigade —

^i Q<' Stoftt^ ntAr German Town 23 Aug G. O.

M Get^. t§ morrpw Stirlino

Bri^, •••• Scott

Field • • . Col. Grayson. Lt Col. Gurnby
B Maj$r Johnston

NO Officer or Sold' is to leave the
Camp this Evening without leave
in writing from the Major or Brigf
Gen! under whom he acts, and they
are desir'd not to give such leave unless there
is apparent cause for it. The Army is to move
precisely at 4 oClock in the morning if it
should not rain, The Division commanded
by Gen! Wayne is to take its proper place in the
Line between LI Stirlings & Gen! Stephens's
Division, and it is strongly & earnestly en-
joyn'd upon the Commanding Officers of
Corps to make all their men who are able to
bear Arms, except the necessary Guards march
in the Ranks lor it is so great a reflection
upon all order & Discipline to see such a
number of Strollers, for they cannot be calFd
Guards with the Waggons that it is really
shocking —

The Army is to march in one Column
through the City of Phil!, going in at &
marching down Front Street to Chesnut
Street & up that to the Common —

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A small halt is to be made about a mile
on this side of the City till the rear closes up
& the Line is in proper order — The Divisions
march as follows Greenes, Stevens's, Lincolns
& Lord Stirlings, The Horse to be divided
upon the two Wings —

The following order of march is to be
observed Vizi — Bland's & Baylor's Reg^ on the
right & Sheldon's & Moylans upon the left.
i!l A Lieu! & 12 Light Horse — 200 yards in
their rear, a complete Troop — 200 yards in the
rear of the troop the Residue of Blands &
Baylors Reg*^ icx> yards in the rear of these a
Company of Pioneers with their Axes &c in
proper order — 100 yards in the rear of the
Pioneers a Reg! from Genl Muhlenburgs Bri-
gade — and close in the rear of that Reg! all
Gen*. Muhlenburgs field Artilly — Then his
Brigade follow'd by Weedons, Woodfords &
Scotts in order with all their Field Artillery in
their respective fronts The Park of Artillery
with the Artificers belonging thereto in the
Centre, Lincolns & Lord Stirlings Divisions
following with all their Brigade Artillery in the
rear of the respective Brigades, A Reg! from
U. Stirlings Division for a Rear guard & to
be 150 yards from Genl Maxwells Brigade,
Sheldons & Moylans Horse 150 yards in the
rear of this Reg*, One Troop 150 yards in the
rear of the Reg! of Horse — The whole Line
is to march by Subdivisions at half distance —
The Rank Six paces asunder which is to be
exactly observ'd in passing through the City

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and great attention given by the Officers to
see that the Men carry their Arms well and
are made to appear as decent as circumstances
will admit — 'Tis expected that every Officer
without exception will keep his Post in passing
through the City & under no pretence what-
ever leave it, and if any Soldf shall dare to
quit his ranks He shall receive 39 Lashes at
the first halting place afterwards — The Off?!
will be particularly careful to prevent this not
only in their own Divisions, but in others
also, if they should see an attempt of the kind.
They are also to prevent the People pressing
on the Troops — There is to be no greater
space between the Divisions Brigades & Reg!!
than is taken up by the Artillery and is just
sufficient to distinguish them — And that the
Line of March through the City may be as
little Encumbered as possible, only one Am-
munition Waggon is to Accompany the field
Pieces of each Brigade, and very few the Artil-
lery Park, — All the rest of the Ba^ace
Waggons & spare Horses are to file off to the
right — avoid the City entirely, and move on
to the Bridge at the middle ferry & there
halt, but not so as to Impede the march of the
troops by preventing their passing them

Not a w Oman belonging to the Army is
to be seen with the troops on their march
through the City — The Waggon Mas! Genl
with all his Assistants together with the Divi-
sion, Brigade & Regimental Q' Mas? are to
attend the Waggons and assist the Field

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B. O—

Officers appointed to that Duty in preventing
any men who are allotted to Waggons from
slipping in to the City — As the Baggage will
be but a short time seperated from the Column
a very few Men will be sufficient to guard it
and the Gen! wishes to have as many as are
able to appear in the ranks, in the Line of
march — The Baggage & spare Artillery
Waggons of each fingade together with the
Waggons of the Artillery Park are to move in
the same order that the Brigades &c do in
the line that they may the more easily unite
again when we have pass'd the City —

The Soldiers will go early to rest this
evening as the Gen! expects that the whole
line will be on their march at the Hour ap-
pointed. That this may be the case each Brigf
IS to appoint Patroles to take up all of the
Stragglers from the Camp & all others of the
Army who do not obey the order

The Directors of the Hospital will order
where the Sick are to be sent. The Drums &
fifes of each Brigade are to be collected in the
Centre of the Brigade and a tune for the quick
step to be play'd, but with such moderation
that the men may step to it with ease & with-
out dancing along or totally disregarding the
Musick which is too often the case — The
men are to be excused from carrying their
Camp Kettles to morrow —

As L! Col. Parker was not on duty to
Day, from the order of march being altered,

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He will act as Field OfFf for the Brigade to
morrow — The Officers & Men on the B. Q'
Guard will join their respective Reg*! to mor-
row morning before the march begins, In the
mean time instead of Posting regular Gentries
round the Brigade, the Officer commanding
it is to send out frequent Patroles who will
take up every Soldf they may find Straggling
from Camp without a Permit agreeable to
Gen! orders —

Camf near Wilmington 26^ Jug! J J

Any Reg*^ in the a* V Brigade who have
not a Days Provisions by them are imme-
diately to complete themselves for that time
& Cook it — The Comm'y if possible will
furnish the Soldiers with nard bread — Re-
turns of the Cartridges & flints wanted are
to be immediately given into the B. Q' MasI
who will draw it & furnish the Reg? there-
with — The Arms arc to be particularly In-
spected into this afternoon at Retreat beating,
by which time it is hop'd they will be in good
order & fit for immediate Action — The Gen?
observes with the utmost concern, that not-
withstanding his repeated orders not to de-
stroy fences or other property, that disgraceful
practice is still continued, He therefore En-
joins all the Officers once more as they regard
their own Reputation & that of the Sold? to be
always active in preventing it — The Officer
of the Day will consider it as forming a part
of his Duty to punish every Soldf who shall

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either auit his rank on a march for the pur-
pose or Pillaging, or when halted, dare to do
It — This order is to be read to the men every
Saturday, that they may no longer plead Igno-
rance as an excuse for such Misconduct —

Field Officer for the B. to morrow . . . Col. Lewis

Hi ^i Wilmington 26 Augl 77

f M Gen! Stevens

Officers of the Day 1 Brig'i Weedon

to morrow . . . j F? . Col. Hartley, L"^ Col. Ross

\ B, Major Peers

THE Officers commanding Corps are
to see that their Mens Arms are
put in the best order possible,
that the Ammunition be carefully
Inspected & the proper number of rounds
for each man compleated, that the Bayonets
fix well The Flints properly screwed in &
every ( — ) put in perfect readiness for Action —
The Troops are constantly to have one Days
Provision of meat on hand ready cook'd &
two Days Rations of bread — Should any
Complaint be made by the Soldiers for want
of such Provisions, the Commanding Off? of
Corps must be answerable for it unless it
should happen that Provisions were not to
be had or the Commissarys, & in such cases
the di£Ferent Commissarys sh- be accountable.
Complaint has been made that some Reg?
have been two Days without Provisions owing
to the negligence of the Commissarys, Such
Conduct is unsufFerable & must be attended

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with the worst consequences — The Com-
mander in Chief is determined to make an
example of the first Comm^ who is guilty of
the like negligence — He likewise Insists that
the Commissarys shall supply the Troops
with hard bread, The present most common
mode of supply by Issuing flour which they
bake into bad bread being not only Injurious
to their health, but is often attended with
delays suflicient to frustrate the most Im-
portant & well formed Enterprizes — As the
means is now abundantly in their power
The Com! in Chief can admit of no excuse
for their not supplying the Troops with good
bread

Camp mar Wilmington 2J^ Aug* Jj

The Encampment of the Brigade is to be
immediately mov'd the Oflicers Tents as near
the fence as convenient, so as to admit of
those of the Soldiers being pitch'd upon the
higher ground which the Oflicers now occupy
— Those Regiments which were not yesterday
completed with Ammunition are to draw the
Remainder of their Complement from the
Park of Artillery and it is hop*d strict atten-
tion will be paid to the Gen! orders for pre-
venting the waste of that Article, — Rum
Returns of a Gill pr man to be given in to
the B Q' Masf who, attended by the Regi-
mental Qr Mas" will have it drawn & de-
livered to the different Regiments as soon as
possible

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During the continuance of this wet Weather
every precaution must be us'd to preserve the
Arms & Ammunition in good order, The
Officers are therefore desir'd each morning &
Evening to examine into the state of them &
if any should be spoil'd, whether through
negligence or otherwise, a report is to be made
to the Brigf — The Brigade Qu' Mas: will this
Day exert himself to procure Straw for the
Sold? and have it equally distributed, & in
future no Soldier or Waggoner shall dare to
carry off any Hay or Straw, when the Brigade
is going to Encamp, until the B Qu' Mas!
shall first make a Valuation & see that each
Reg! is furnished with an equal share — Re-
turns of those men in the different Regiments
who are unable to march are to be given in
immediately at Genl Weedons Qu" —

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THE Brigades & other Corps are to
be in such readiness as to march at a
moments warning, to this end the
Ofiicers will see that their Men are
kept regularly supply *d with as much Provi-
sions as will when fresh, keep, and the Com-
missarys are peremptorily order'd to provide a
quantity of hard bread ready to deliver on any
sudden call, — It is Expected (as there is the
greatest reason to believe that our Service will
be active) that every Species of Baggage be-
longing to both Officers & Men will now be

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stor'd, except such as cannot be done without
in the field, that the Train of Waggons may
in consequence be reduced and our Encum-
brance on this Ace! lessened To effect this
valuable purpose the Sick are to be turn'd
over to the Director Gen! of the Hospital &
none taken with us, whilst the Women are
forbid any longer under any License at all to
ride in the Waggons, and the Officers are
earnestly call'd upon to permit no more than
are absolutely necessary & such as are actually
useful to follow the Army — The number of
Horses which are now so Injuriously Intro-
duced (contrary to all former practice) is
expressly forbid, as they have become a real
Nuisance in the Army — It is expected there-
fore that no Officer except those who are
allowed forage will henceforth keep a Horse,
but (as his baggage is carried for him) march
on foot with his men — This, at the time that
it Testifies a Regard to the Service, will be
setting a good example to their men which in
every Instance ought & it is hop*d will be,
the first object of a good & valuable Officer —
Five Waggons from each Brigade is to be
delivered immediately to the D Q M G —
Geni Greenes Division is to march to morrow
morning & take Post on a piece of ground
which will be marked out for him on White
Clay Creek, and the Militia from Chester
(under the Command of Col. Evans) is to
march to Christiana Bridge & there take Post
till further orders —

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Camp mar Wilmingtiu 28 Au^ —

Fiild Off: •fthi Day t$ morrm . Major Towlbs )

Adj\ Summers J

The General to beat at 4, the Assembly in
20 minutes after The March to fall in^ at a
qu' before five & the Brigade to march
exactly at Five oClock to morrow morning,
Six in front at half distance — As we are now
Approaching the Enemy, The Gen! hopes any
caution against straggling is quite unnecessary,
The Reputation of the troops being much too
great a Sacrafise, when put in Competition
with any trivial Gratification they may have
by quitting their ranks —

EACH Brig^ is to make a return to
the QM General immediately of the
number of Arm Chests necessary for
carrying safely all the spare arms
that may from time to time happen to be in
their Brigades, by means of the Sick & other
usual Accidents — The Pay Mas" of RegS arc
forthwith to apply to the Pay Mas' Gen! to
receive the Pay of their Reg? for the Month
of July

Wilmington 30^ Au^,—

INFORMATION being given by the
Commissary Genl that it is at present
Impracticable to supply the Army with
hard bread. The troops arc to receive
soft bread or flour, as the Commissarys shall

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be able to supply them, The Commissarys are
nevertheless to exert themselves to the utmost,
constantly to supply the troops with bread
either hard or soft, and without fail to have a
large quantity of hard bread made ready to be
Issued whenever the Army marches —

Camp Red Creek 30 Aug'.

A Subaltern, Serjeant & twenty Men to
parade to morrow morning from the Division,
at Gen! Weedons Qu? to receive their orders
from him

Ges\ Muhlenbvrg I . . 8

Wesdon I.. I.. ..12

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Camf Red Clay Creek i^ Sepr. ijjj

The Division to furnish a Detachment of
300 Men to be commanded by Col. L^ Col.
& Major, and otherwise properly Officered, to

?arade immediately, draw & cook one Days
Provisions and to be ready to march to mor-
row morning at 3 oClock, to receive orders
from Gen! Muhlenburg

N Greene M G —

His Excellency having orderd 278 tin
Boxes to carry spare Cartridges for the use
of the Division, Gen^ Muhlenburg & Weedon
will send a party from each Brigade to fetch

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them from the Gen!? Qu" — They are to be
divided equally between the Brigades, The
Brig" will order such proportion to each
Regiment as they think necessary for the good
of the service taking Receipts from the Com-
manding OfP? of Reg- for the number deliv-
er'd, The Commanding officers of Reg- are
also to divide them to the Companies, the
Captains to give their Receipts for what they
receive. They are also to divide the Boxes
among the Messes, who are to be daily ex-
amined whether they have them & the Com-
pliment of Cartridges belonging to them

N. • Greene M G* —

Camf Rid Clay Creek 4^ Sep*r 77

The two Brigades to furnish 250 Men for
a fatigue party in the morning to parade at
7 oClock to be commanded by a field Officer
and to be otherwise properly Officered

NG MG! —

Hi Qui' mimington 28^ Jugl 77

(Omitted in proper place)

JOSEPH SCOTT Esq.' is appointed
Brigade Major to Gen: Muhlenburg in
the room of Mdor Swaine, Resigned,
& is to be obeyd as such —
A Corps of light Infantry is to be formed
immediately to consist of one field Officer,
Two Captains, Six Sub! Eight Sergeants & 100
Rank & file from each Brigade —

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Hi QuV Wilmington sc/*" Aug\ JJ O, . O^

RIG« GEN^ MAXWELL will take
the command of the Corps of Light
Infantry — John Kennon Esqf was
on the I* May appointed Pay Mas!
V Regf, The Commander in Chief ap-
proves of the appointment —

Hi Qurj Wilmington Sepr. it 77

MR AUSTIN SANDRIDGE
was on the 15? Ult? appointed
Q' Mas' to the 6^ V Reg! & is
to be regarded as such — The
Commander in Chief has the pleasure to In-
form the Army that on the approach of Gen!
Arnold with his Detachment, that the Enemy
rais'd the Siege of Fort Stanwix & fled with
such precipitation that they left their Tents
standing, which, with their Baggage, Ammu-
nition, Stores, four Royals ccc &c. . fell
into our hands & that a party sent out by
CoL Ganswoort who commanded at the
Fort brought in a number of Prisoners &
Deserters —

Wilmington 3^ Sepr, 77 G. . O

jL S the Enemys motions will be sudden

i^L & perhaps rapid. The Gen! posi-

/ ^ tively orders the Commanding

JL J^ Officers of Corps to keep their

Men in Camp, by no means suffering them

to ramble about out of the verge of it

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The Discharge of two field pieces is to be
considered by the Brig? & Officers command-
ing Brigades as an alarm and as a signal for
getting their men under Arms & to the
Waggon Mas? for putting to their Horses,
Upon the firing the Alarm Guns, the General
Officers after giving the necessary orders for
Parading their Men are to repair immediately
to Head Qu" — It is expected that the Officers
of every Corps will immediately Inspect their
Mens Arms & Ammunition and see that every
thing is in order. If any of the Continental
Troops are without Arms the Commanding
Officer of the Corps to which they belong is
to apply to the Adjutant Gen! for orders on
the Commissary Gen! for such as are wanted —
The Commander in Chief approves the fol-
lowing Sentence of a Gen! Court Martial held
the 2* Ins! whereof Col. Johnston was Presf!
— Godfrid Oxford of 14*.^ V Reg! charged with
Desertion getting drunk & losmg his Arms,
found not guilty of Desertion, but guilty of
getting drunk & losing his Arms — Sentenc'd
to receive 100 Lashes on his bare back & pay
for his Arms lost —

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Head ^c; fFilmington 4^ Sepr

AS a full supply of hard bread can-
not at present be obtained, All that
is now m or shall come to the hands
of the Regimental Qu' Mas? is to
remain there & not to be distributed but
upon the most pressing Exigencies & when

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the troops are about to inarch & then, not
without orders from their Brig', In the mean
time the Army is to be furnish'd with soft
bread or flour which the Commissary s are
Enjoin'd to do with more punctuality than
they have done — The Commander in Chief
can no longer excuse the neglects in that
Department — Much Injury having been
done to the Sold- & some lives lost by their
being taken by their Officers from the Hospi-
tals too soon & without the concurrence of
the superintending Physician, that practice is
absolutely forbid, and henceforward not a
Man is to be taken from the Hospital till
regularly discharged by the directing rhysician
in writing under his hand —

Notwithstanding all the cautions, the
earnest requests & the positive orders of the
Commander in Chief to prevent our Army
from plundering our own friends & fellow
Citizens, yet to his Astonishment & grief,
fresh complaints are made to him that so
wicked. Infamous & cruel a practice is still
continued, & that too — in circumstances the
most distressing, when the wretched inhabi-
tants dreading the Enemys Vengeance for their
adherence to our cause, have left their all, and
fled to us for refuge — We complain of the
cruelty & barbarity of our Enemies, — but
does it equal ours ? — they sometimes spare
the property of their friends, but some amongst
us, beyond expression barbarous, rob even
them — Why did we assemble in Arms, was

it not to defend the property of our Country-
men? Shall we then to our Eternal shame
& Reproach be the first to Pillage & Destroy
it — Will no motives of Humanity, of real
Interest & of Honour, restrain the violence
of the Soldf! & Induce the Officers to keep so
strict a watch over the 111 disposed as effectually
to prevent the execution of their evil designs
& the gratification of their Savage Inclinations ?
Or if these powerful motives are too weak,
will they pay no regard to their own safety —
How many noble designs have miscarried,
how many Victorys been lost, how many
Armies ruin'd by an Indulgence of Sold" in
plundering ? If Officers in the least connive
at such practices. The Licentiousness of some
Sold!*, will soon be without bounds. In the
most critical moments, instead of attending to
their Duty they will be scattered abroad, In-
discriminately plundering Friends & foes &
if no worse consequences ensue, many of them
must fall a prey to the Enemy, — For these
reasons the Commander in Chief requires that
those orders be read Distinctly to all the
troops & that Officers of every Rank take

Particular pains to convince the Men of the
aseness & fatal tendency of the practices com-
plained of, & that their own safety depends on
a contrary conduct & an exact observance of
order & discipline. At the same time the
Commander in Chief most solemnly assures
all, that He will have no mercy on Offenders
against these orders — their Lives shall pay

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the forfeit of their crimes — Pity — under
such circumstances would be the height of
Cruelty —

Head Qiill WilmmgtQn s*i Sept:— G. . O^

r Ma/T Genl Grebnb

OJfuers 9f , , J Brig^, Wbbdon

the Day t9 mprrow J Fi Col. Mathews Major Howell

I B Maj'^ Peers

THE Commissary Genl of Prisoners
Informs the Commanding Officers
of Reg? & other Corps, that not-
withstanding the orders heretofore
Issued for that purpose, He has rec"! but one
small return of Prisoners taken by the Enemy
since his appointment, in conseauence of which
neglect it will be impossible for him, in case
of an exchange to pay proper attention to the
order of the different Captures, as to time.
He forther informes them that in future the
Pris" will be exchanged according to the re-
turns made to him — As Baggage Waggons
are always a great Incumbrance to an Army
& would be particularly so in a day of battle,
they are in the latter case to be driven off the
field, that the Army may not be in the least
Incommoded by them, Tis besides, a measure
which common prudence Dictates, and when-
ever an Action is expected. The QM G! will
immediately wait on the Commander in Chief
to receive his directions respecting them —
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Designs & from their movements it is mani-
fest their Aim is, if possible to possess them-
selves of Philadelphia, This is their capital
Object, Tis what they last year strove to
e£Eect, but were happily disappointed, They
made a second attempt at the opening of this
Campaign, but after vast preperations &
expense they abandoned their Design & totally
evacuated the Jerseys, They are now making
their last effort, To come up the Delaware it
seems was their first Intention but from the
measures taken to annoy them in the river,
they judged the Enterprise that way too
Hazardous, At length tliey have landed on
the Eastern Shore of Maryland & advanced
some little way into the Country, but the
General trusts they will again be disappointed
in their views. Should they push their designs
against Philadelphia on this route, their all is
at stake — they will put the Contest on the
event of a single battle — If they are over-
thrown, they are utterly undone — The War
is at an end — Now then is the time for our
most Strenuous endeavours, — One bold
Stroke will free the Land from Rapine, De-
vastations & burnings, & Female Innocence
from brutal Lust & Violence — In every other
quarter the American Arms have been rapidly
successful, great numbers of the Enemy have
fallen in battle & still greater numbers have
been made Prisoners — The Militia to the
Northward have fought with a resolution that
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They bravely fought, they conquered — &
Glory attends them — Who can forbear to
Emulate their noble Spirit? — Who is there
without Ambition to Share with them the
applauses of their Countrymen & of all Pos-
terity, as the Defenders of Liberty & the
procurers of Peace & Happiness to Millions
m the present & future Generations? Two
years have we maintained the War & struggled
with difficulties Innumerable, but the prospect
has since brighten'd up & our af&irs put on a
better face — Now then is the time to reap
the fruits of our Toils & dangers. If we behave
like Men, this third Campaign will be the last.
Ours is the main Army, to Us our Country
looks for Protection, The Eyes of all America
& Europe are turned upon us, as on those by
whom the event of the War is to be deter-
mined. And the General assures his Country
Men & fellow Soldiers that he believes that
the critical the Important moment is at hand
which demands their most Spirited exertions
in the field — There Glory waits to crown the
Brave & Peace, Freedom & Happiness will
be the rewards of Victory — Animated by
motives like these, Soldiers fighting in the
cause of Innocence, Humanity, & Justice will
never give way but with undaunted Resolution
press on to Conquest — This, the General
assures himself is the part the American forces
now in Arms will Act, & thus Acting, He
will Insure them success —

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G, . O Head QuV. Wilmington d'* Sept: 77

Majl Gen I to morrow Lord Stirling

BrigT Scott

Field Col. Parker & Major Ford

B. Maj: Day

TH E Gen! has no doubt but that every
man who has a due sense of the Im-
portance of the cause he has under-
taken to defend & who has any regard
for his own honour & the reputation of a
Soldi will if caird to Action behave like one
contending for every thing valuable, but if,
contrary to his expectation, there shall be
found any Off^ or Soldier so far lost to all
Shame as basely to quit their posts without
orders, or shall skulk from Danger or offer
to retreat before orders is given for so doing
by proper Authority from a superiour Officer
they are to be instantly Shot, as a just punish-
ment to themselves & for example to others —
This order, those in the rear & the Corps of
reserve are to see duly executed to prevent
the Cowardly from making a Sacrafise of the
brave and by their 111 example & groundless
tales, calculated to cover their own shameful
conduct, spreading terror as they go —

That this order may be well known & duly
impressed upon the Army The Genl orders
that the Commanding Officers of every Reg' do
assemble his Men & have it read to them to
prevent the plea of Ignorance —

The GenJ begs that every Officer be atten-
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which may be discovered in Camp, & if upon
examination, no good account can be given
why they are there, they are then to carry
them to the Majf Gen! of the day for further
examination This, as it is only a necessary
precaution is to be done in a manner least
offensive — The Genl Officers are to meet at
five oClock this afternoon at the brick House
at White clay creek & fix upon proper Pic-
quets for the security of the camp — Jn?
Laurance & Peter P- Thornton Esq- are ap-
pointed extra A. • D. . Camps to the Com-
mander in Chief All orders therefore through
them in writing or otherways are to be re-
garded in the same light as if proceeding
from any other of his ADCamps

Notwithstanding the order relative to
Slaughterhouses they are still often great nui-
sances to the Army, The Division Qu' Mas?
are to see that they are fix'd at proper distances
from camp and that all the of&l be buried
once a day — The Commander in Chief will
look to these Qu' Mas? for the execution of
this order & no excuse can be admitted for a
neglect of this necessary duty —

&^ Siptimkir IJJJ —

Notwithstanding the repeated orders a^inst
plundering & burning fences, that abominable
practice is still continued to the Shame & dis-
grace of the brigade — Complaints are made
that Corn fields are pillaged without restraint,
the fence rails burn'd up & many other out-

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rages committed by the soldiery, to prevent
which in future, the Officers are once more
requested to attend particularly to the be-
haviour of their men & to punish Such as
they see with green corn unless they can make
it appear they bought it & any fence rails they
may see burning, the Mess to which the fire
belongs is to be made answerable

The suttlers are order'd to move instantly
from the front of the Encampment to some
other place. The Q M. Serjeants will imme-
diately parade the C. C. Nlen of their Re^
& cover up all filth & nastiness in their
respective fronts, and any Soldier daring to
ease himself in any other place but the proper
necessaries provided for that purpose shall
receive Ten lashes on his bare back for every
Offence —

G. A, o.

Information has been j^ven that many of
the Wasgon horses are suffered to go loose in
the fields. The Commander in Chief strictly
orders that every night the Wa^on horses
be put to the Waggons & there kept — & if it
be necessary at any time for them to go to
grass, that it be in the day time only, and
then the Waggoners must be with them con-
stantly, that they may be ready to tackle at
the shortest notice — The Waggon Masters
are required to see this order carefully executed
— The Enemy have disencumbered them-
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ments may be light & easy, — It behoves us
to be alike ready for marching at a moment's
warning & for the same reason it is absolutely
necessary, and the Commander in Chief strictly
requires that both Officers & Men remain
constantly at their Quarters — Tattoo is no
longer to be beat in Camp

Hi Qu'J Wilmington 7'* Sepr. jj

M Gen\ to morrow Stephens

Brig:, Wayne

Field • . • • Col. Marshall, Major Ballard
B, Maj\ Harper

HE Gen! has red a confirmation of
the Intelligence mentioned in the
after orders of last night that the
Enemy have disencumbered them-
selves of all their baggage even to their Tents,
reserving only, their blankets & such part of
their clothing as is absolutely necessary —
This Indicates a speedy & rapid movement
& points out the necessity of following the
example & ridding ourselves of every thing
we can possibly dispense with —

As a very imperfect obedience has been
paid to former orders on this Subject it is
now, Once More Enjoin'd that all baggage
which can be spar'd both of Officers & Men be
immediately pack'd up & sent off this day to
the other side of Brandywine, This order
having been heretofore Eluded by a too
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in which it has been couch'd, The General is
oblig'd to be more explicit & to declare that
it is his Intention the Officers should only
retain their Blankets, great coats & three or
four shifts of under clothes, & that the Men,
besides what they have on, keep only a
blanket & Shirt a piece, & such as have it,
a great Coat, All Trunks, Chests, bedding &
otner cloaths, except those mentioned to be
sent away, till the Elapsing of a few Days
shall determine whether the Enemy mean an
immediate Attack or not. It is hop*d that
none will have so little sense of Propriety as
to deem a measure so obviously for the good
of the Army & the Service, a hardship — It
would be folly in the extreme to hazard the
loss of our baggage for the sake of a little
present convenience, a Loss, of which at this
time would be Irreperable — The Disadvan-
tage of having that to take care of at the
moment of the attack, when we shI be prepar-
ing for defence is obvious, The Attention of
both Officers & Men will then be wholly
Engross'd for its safety & the Enemy will
have time to be upon us before we are ready
to receive them The Consequence of this
will be. Bustle & confusion, & perhaps. De-
feat & disgrace, the loss of our baggage & not
improbably the ruin of the Army, The Com-
mander in Chief looks to the General Officers
in a particular manner for the execution of
this order in their respective Divisions &
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days Provisions exclusive of to day & have it
Cook'd & Deposited with the Regimental
Qu' Mas" provided salt Provisions can be
drawn, other wise one days fresh Provisions to
be cook'd & deposited as afores^ & two days
hard bread if to be had. All the Horse except
Capt. Lewis's troop are to be post on the
right of the Army — The Tents of the whole
Army to be struck & pack'd in the Waggons
to morrow morning an Hour before Day &
the Horses tackled All Corps of Horse are to
be Sadded [sic] at the same time & the whole
Army drawn up in their respective Line, The
QM Gen! is to spare no pains immediately to
procure Waggons to carry the Mens Packs
that they may be perfectly light & free for
Action, No more Sick are to be sent to
Concord but to Birmingham —

Csmp fFiimingt9n 8'H Sift: 1777 D. . O^

A Party of 100 Men properly officered to
Parade immediately from the Division, They
are to carry one days Provisions with them.
The Commanding Officer will receive his
orders at the Gen. Qu"!, A Fatigue of 100
Men from the division to parade immediately
to be commanded by a .field Officer who will
receive orders from Col. Duportail Engineer
The remainder of the division are to be
dismiss'd & pitch their tents at xo oCl.
if the Enemy are found advancing at that
time —

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HeaJ ^u^A Birmingham 9* Septl 77

Maj": Gen[ to morrow Sullivan

Brigl Woodford —

Field Col. Stewart, L^ Col. Grbbr

Br Maj', Scott —

INTELIGENCE having been red that
the Enemy instead of advancing towards
Newport have turned another way &
appear to have a Design of marching
Northward which occasioned the sudden move-
ment this morning — Such of the troops as
have not been serv d with Rum to day are as
soon as possible with one Gill pr man — The
Maj! & Brigf Genl! of the Day, accompanied
by the Quf Mas' Gen! will immediately Re-
connoitre the Environs of the Camp & fix
upon proper places for posting Picquets for its
security

Hi Qm:: Burmingbsm 10^ SeptK 1777

Maj^ Genl to morrow Stirling

Brig\ Nash

Field, . . . Col. Spotswood, Major Bloomfield
Brigade Major

IT being with concern that the Gen', hears
the frequent Compl? of the Farmers on
Acd or the destruction of their Fences
& C. by which means the fields of Grain
& Grass are destroyed — He wishes that
OfE! of every rank for the sake of Justice &
the Reputation of the A. Arms, w1 exert
themselves to correct this Species of abuse, &
He is persuaded they will do it when no

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stronger proof can be given of Inattention or
want of Authority than to suffer such practices
to prevail in a Country abounding in wood &
by men with Axes in their hands — besides,
the Injustice which Individuals or the publick
must sustain by such practices ought to strike
every Officer in the most forcible manner —
No Baggage is to remain on the ground that
can possibly be dispensed with, & what cannot^
is to be loaded an Hour before day & in
readiness to move. The QM Genl will have
orders where to find it — The Commissary
Gen' will take care to have at least three Days
Provisions always on hand, three or four
miles in the rear of the Army & draw in what
Buiscuit he can & Salt meat for Occasional
serving. The Q M Gen', must furnish Waggons
for those purposes. The Men are to be pro-
vided with Cook'd Provisions for to morrow,
for two Days would be better if they can get
of such kind as will keep. The Light Horse,
except those on duty may be Quartered a little
in the rear of Head Qu", A Total Stop is to be
put to all Loose disorderly firing in Camp, as
otherwise it will be impossible to distinguish
Guns fir'd for an Alarm — 250 Men orGenl
Greenes, 200 of each other Division & 100 of
Genl Nashe's Brigade of Continental troops &
400 of Gen! Armstrongs Division of Mjlitia
are to be drawn out daily as Picquets & to
Assemble, those of Genl Greenes, Waynes,
Stirlings & Stephens Divisions & Gen! Nash's
Brigade on the most convenient grounds

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near the Artillery Park, Gen^. Sullivans at
the Centre of his Division & Gen! Arm-
strongs at the Centre of his Division from
these Picq- all the necessary Out Guards are
to be furnish'd & the residue to remain on
their respective places of Assembling, ready to
reinforce the Out Guards or to be detach'd
on other duty until relieved by new Picquets,
at every new Encampment these Out Guards
are to be Posted by the M. Gen! of the Day
& Q M. G. aided by the other Officers of the
Day, As soon as these Picq^ are Posted a
report is to be made to the Commander in
Chief where they are — These Picquets are
to be under the Command of the M Gen! of
the Day & under him by the Brig! of the Day
— Each Division will furnish a Field Off*. &
a proportion of other Officers to take charge
of its own Picq*? but Gen! Armstrongs Divi-
sion will furnish two such Officers, These
Picquets are to parade precisely at 5 oClock
daily — Gen! Muhlenburg will furnish the
F*. Officer for Picq! this Day —

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The Brigade is immediately to draw two
Days Provisions & Cook it, they will also
draw a Gill of Rum pr man.

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Hi Qtr,' Cbistir /2«* Sipr, lyyy

THE Commanding Officer of each
Brigade is immediately to send off
as many Off? as he shall think neces-
sary on the roads leading to the places
of Action yesterday and on any other roads
where stragglers may be found & particularly
to Wilmington where it is said many have
retir d, to pick up all the Stragglers from the
Army & bring them on. In doing this they
will proceed as near to the Enemy as shall
be consistent with their own safety & examine
every house, — In the mean time the troops
are to march on through Derby in good order
to the bridge over Schulkill, cross it, & pro-
ceed up to their former grounds near the falls
of Schuylkill & German Town & there pitch
their Tents, Genl Greenes Division will move
last & cover the baggage Stores &C, Gen!
Maxwells Light Corps will remain at Chester,
collect all the Stragglers they can, & to mor-
row morning follow the Army, The Directors
of the Hospitals will see that all the sick &
wounded be sent to Philf —

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Camp at German Town ij^ Sept: 77

The Gen! takes the earliest opportunity to
return his warmest thanks to the Officers &
Sold? of Gen! Weedons Brigade engag'd in
the late Action for their Spirited & Soldierly
behaviour, A Conduct so worthy under so
many disadvantages cannot fail of establishing

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to themselves the highest Military reputation.
The Gen! also thinks himself under an obliga-
tion to return his thanks to all the other
Officers & Soldiers of his Division for the
firmness & alacrity which they have discovered
upon every Occasion in the Course of the
Day to Engage the Enemy, The Gen! has the
pleasure to Inform the troops, that notwith-
standing we gave the Enemy the ground, the
purchase has been at much blood, this being
by far the greatest loss they ever met with
since the commencement of the War, The
Gen! recommends an immediate Attention to
be paid to the state of the Arms & Ammuni-
tion, that the Arms be put in the best order
& that each man be furnish'd with a full
supply of Ammunition, not less than 40
rounds —

Camf — ij^ Sept: —

From the motions of the Enemy it appear-
ing to his Excelll that our Service will for
some time continue to be full as active as
that we have lately experienced, he has, from
that noble Spirit which actuates his every
movement & from which He wishes to share
in every hardship to which his Army is ex-
posed Divests himself & family of every
Species of Baggage, save his Blankets, The
Brigf therefore requests, that though the bag-
gage of the Brigade has now join'd it, the
Officers will not think of carrying any more
Cloathing then they have hitherto had with

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them, as he is Determined to follow the Laud-
able example set by his Excellr —

Hi Qttari German Town 13^ Sepr, 77 G. O-^

M Ge/ti t9 mtrrow Sullivan

Brigr, Weedon

Field Col. Martin, Major Hat

Brigade Majl Barber

THE Gen! with peculiar satisfaction
thanks those Gallant Officers & Sol-
diers who on the 11*** Ins! bravely
fought in their Countrys cause, —
If there are any whose Conduct reflects dis-
honour upon Soldiership & their names are
not pointed out to him. He must for the

E resent leave them to reflect how much they
ave Injured their Country & how un^thful
they have proved to their fellow Sold?, but
with this exhortation, that they embrace the
first opportunity of doing Justice to both &
the professions of a Soldier —

Although the Event of that day from some
unfortunate circumstances were not so favour-
able as could be wish'd. The Gen! has the
Satisfaction of Assuring the troops, that from
every Ace! he has been able to obtain, the
Enemys loss greatly exceeded ours & He
has full Confidence that in another Appeal to
Heaven (with the blessing of Providence which
it becomes every Officer & Soldier humbly
to supplicate) we shall prove successful

The Honb^* Congress in Consideration
of the Gallant behaviour of the Troops on

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Thursday last their fatigue since & from a
full Conviction that on every future occasion
they will manifest a bravery worthy the cause
they have undertaken to defend, having been
pleas'd to order 30 Hh*!* of Rum to be dis-
tributed among them in such a manner as the
Commander in Chief shall direct, He orders
the Commissary Gen! of Issues to deliver to
each Officer & Soldier One Gill pr day while
it lasts, — The Commanding Off? of each
Brigade is without delay to send a number
of active Officers into the City & its Environs
to pick up & bring to Camp all straggling
Sold? whom they may find, as well those be-
longing to other Brigades, as their own like-
wise a Seijeant from each Brigade to the
Bridge to direct the Sold? as they cross, where
to find their respective Brigades, at Roll call-
ing this Evening the Men are to be charg'd
not to be out of their respective Brigades on
pain of Death, Nor the Officers as they value
the Service & dread Cashiering — The Q M
Gen.^ is to have the Waggons of each Division
carried so as to move them in their proper
line at a moments warning —

The Order of the Encampment at this
place need not be attended to as our stay here
will be short. Each Division is to Encamp
in as compact order as possible to night. All
the Continental troops are to be supply'd
immediately with forty Rounds of Cartridges
& the Officers will see that the Soldiers carry
their spare Ammunition in such a manner as

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to avoid Injury & Loss, The Clothier Gen! is
order'd to send spare Shoes, Shirts &C to
Camp, to furnish such men as are destitute.
The Commanding Officers of corps are there-
fore to delay no time in supplying the Abso-
lute wants of their men — The Gen! does
most ardently exhort every officer to attend to
the due & speedy execution of these orders —

The following proportion of Tents is
allow'd the Army upon its next movement
Viz!—

I Soldiers Tent for the field Officers of etch Reg! —
I D? • • every 4 CommissionM Officers —
I D^ • . every 8 Serjeants • . Drums & fifes —
I D? every 8 Privates

The Brig? to have returns made out & the
above proportion of tents taken for their
Brigades & one Waggon for every 50 Tents
& no more, no Women under any pretence
what ever to go with the Army but to follow
the Baggage, The Soldiers are to Carry their
Camp Kettles which, if the Army should
come to Action are to be put into the Wag-
gons with their Tents, The Invalids under a
good Subaltern are to guard the Tents of each
Brigade, — The Division Commissarys are
directed to have a constant supply of Provi-
sions for the troops, & the QM Gen! must
without fail furnish the necessary Waggons
for that purpose, — A Gill of Rum (or other
Spirits) pr Day is to be delivered to every
Officer & Soldi until further orders. The

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Commissarys are to provide accordingly. The
Army to be ready to march to morrow morn-
ing precisely at 9 oClock — The OfP! com-
manding Divisions will receive the order of
march from the QM G — who will also direct
the route of the baggage —

The Reg^ in the Brigade are imiliediately
to make out Provision returns for to morrow
& next day, there being Salt Provis" for that
purpose —

Hi Qu^s 14'h Sept: Z777

AN Active Officer from each Brigade
to go to the City & meet at the
Conostogo Waggon in order to
agree on a plan how they may col-
lect all the Straggling Sold" togedier, those
that are not able to march, to be delivered to
the Surgeon Genf, the rest, the Officers to have
furnish'd with 40 rounds of Cartridges &
march to morrow morning in good order &
Join the Army —

Hi QiT'ij^Seft: 17 —

M Gen! to morrow Stirling —

Bri^, Waynb —

Field • • Col. H£ndricic8 tf Maj? Brewster —

B Maj: Fleury —

for Picquit • . Col. Hogan — Major To wles —

THE whole Line while it remains
unseperated is to furnish 600 men
properly Officer'd for guard &C.
Each Brigade is to give in proportion
to its strength, Those Men are to be under

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the immediate command of the Majf Gen? or
other Officers of the day, who, with the Assis-
tance of the Q M G. agreeable to the orders
of the lo*^ Ins! are to see that the Out guards
are posted in such manner as most effectually
to secure the Camp, If the different avenues
leading to it should not require the above
number, the Overplus to remain as a Picquet
near the Park of Artill?; & be ready to rein-
force any guard, or go on any other duty
which the M Genl or other Officer of the day
may think necessary

The Guards are in common to parade at
Eight oCl. in the morning near the Artillery
Park, but whenever the troops are to march,
they are to assemble there at least half an
Hour before the march is to begin, upon
which the Majf Genl or other Officers of the
day will order so many of them as He or they
may think necessary to move on with the
Q M G. to the place of Destination & after
the Ground & all the Avenues to the new
Encampment are reconnoitred, the Guards are
to be posted, & such troops as have not been
supply'd with their full complement of Car-
tridges agreeable to the order of the 13*- Ins!
are to be furnish'd instantly, — The troops
are to have Provisions cook'd for to morrow
at least — The Clothier Gen! is waiting with
shoes &C. The Officers Commanding Reg- are
to loose no time in getting their Men sup-
ply*d — In future whenever the Men are
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plac'd in the ranks on the flanks of Sub-
divisions, that their fire may not be lost. The
Brig" or Officers commanding Reg- are also
to post some good Oflicers in the rear to
keep the men in order, & if in time of Action
any man who is not wounded whether he has
Arms or not, turns his back on the Enemy &
attempts to run away or retreat before orders
are given for it, Those Oflicers are instantly to
put him to Death — The Man does not de-
serve to live, who basely flies, breaks his
solemn engagements & betrays his Country —
Such men belonging to Geni Maxwells light
Corps as have not join'd their Reg^ are again
to join him without delay The Oflicers com-
manding Corps are to make diligent search
for those men & see that they are sent to that
Corps immediately —

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Maj\ Gin\ to m$rrow Suluvan

Brig^, • • • • MUHLBNBURG —

Field . . L? Cou Febiger tf Maj? Lockhart
B Maj\ Peers

THE Commanding OfPf of Brigades
are immediately to dispatch two or
three active OflP!" into the rear of the
line of march yesterday as far back as
Gen! Maxwells Qu? where the Army last drew
up to examine all Houses barns & Huts on
the way, to collect & bring on all Stragglers
from the Army — The Brig? & other OflSicers

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are immediately to examine the Arms & Am-
munition of their men & spare no pains to
preserve such Ammunition as is not already
damaged & to have the Arms put in the best
order possible, such as are loacled to be drawn
but if they cannot be drawn they are to re-
main Loaded, for not one Gun is to be fir'd
in order to Clean it, The Gen! desires the
Officers to pay the most particular Attention
to these orders, not only their own safety,
but the Salvation of their Country may depend
thereon — Such Ammunition as is damag'd
is carefully to be sav'd, to be returned to the
Park the first convenient time — to this point
the OfP? will now & at all times pay particular
Attention, as the Lead is of vast importance
to us —

Officers f^r this inj. —

M G Stiphens

Bri^, Conway

Fiild . . • L? Cou Davis tf Maj? Stbrrbt
Brigade MmjK Day

Qirji i8 Sepr. ijjj —

The Brigade is immediately to draw &
cook two days Provisions. Returns of the
Ammunition wanting sign'd by the Col! of
Reg? to be carried to the Adjutant Gen! that
the Brigade when called upon to move, which
will probably be shortly, may be in the most
perfect readiness —

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IT is with the utmost concern that the
Gen! observes the continual Straggling
of Sold? on the march, who rob Orchards
& commit other disorders & that many
Officers pay little or no Attention to prevent
a practice attended with such mischievous
consequences notwithstanding the orders rela-
tive thereto, The Off? are reminded that it is
their duty & the Genf expects that for the
future they know precisely the number of
Men in their Divisions or Plattoons, & where
the time will admit of it, take a List of their
names previous to their marching, that on a
march they frequently review their Division
to see if it be in order & no man missing.
The Gen! has reason to think that many
Officers neglect to call Rolls of their Com-
panies daily agreeable to former orders & that
many cannot properly account for their absent
men. This is a neglect of the most dangerous
Tendency & if continued the Army will soon
be greatly reduc'd. The Gen! therefore calls
upon all Officers in the most pressing manner
as they regard the Salvation of their Country
& their duty to have the rolls call'd night &
morni* & pay the most unremitting Attention
to prevent a loss of their men —

The Gen! is informed that a vast number
of Men are sent off with the Baggage as guards
to it. The Brig? & Off? commanding Brigades
are without delay to send proper Off? to
Reading or whereever the Waggons may be

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to reduce those Guards & bring with the
greatest Dispatch to the Army the greater
part of them & those the best men with the
best Arms leaving only so many Officers &
Men as are absolutely necessary, to gu? the
Baggage — Col. Polk who commands those
guards will see, that as few Officers & Men
as possible are left with the baggage — Some
Off* are also to be sent to Phil? to bring all
Sold? who may be found there The OfP? will
also see that all Sold? who serve as waiters
be arm'd & do duty as Sold? on any Emer-
gency, particularly that the fire of so many
Men be not lost in time of Action — The
Waggons are to be kept ready to move on
the shortest notice —

Hi Qurj 21 Sipr. 77 —

M Gen^, to morrow Grebni

Bri^, Na8H

Fitld • • . • Col. Lawson, LT Col. Brbarley

B. Majr Barber

for Puquet Major Lton

THE Honb*f Congress have been
pleas'd to appoint the Count Pulaski
to the Command of the American
Light Dragoons with the rank of
Brig' Geni Some diligent Officers are to be
immediately sent to all the Houses within 4
or 5 Miles of the Camp, to find & bring on
all Stragglers to their respective Corps, The
Brig? wiu see this done. The Majf & Brig!
Genl! will see that their Commissaries have

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always a Competency of Provisions for supply-
ing the troops. One Person in the Issuing
Commissary Genl! Department is, without
fail to call daily at Head Qu- to report the
State of Provisions & receive orders —

Head Qui' 23^ Sepr. 77 —

M Genl ta morrow Stirling

Brig: Wbedon —

FU/d Offll . . Col. Buncum, Lt Col. Innis —

Pic^, Major Stubblefield

B. Major Fleury —

THE Gen! expects a return of the
Army to morrow morning without
fail & Enjoins it upon the Com-
manding Offl? of Corps to see that
they are exactly made, Each Reg^ to proceed
in making Cartridges for its own use that
they may be held m Store, Gen! Knox will
furnish Materials —

It is expected as the Weather is now grow-
ing cool, that the troops will never have less
than two days Provision, The necessity of
this, the Gen! does in the strongest manner
Impress on the Officers & hopes they will
exert themselves in seeing them executed, as
the Soldiers or the Service must greatly suffer
unless this is well attended to — The Gen! is
Informed that the Tin Canteens which was
serv'd out for the purpose of carrying Am-
munition are in some Instances applied to
other uses. He therefore positively forbids
such practices, — James Lloyd Esqf is ap-

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pointed Volunteer A.D.C. to the Honb^f
Maj! Gen! Greene & is to be respected ac-
cordingly —

The Sick in Camp are to be immediately
sent to the Park of Artill^ or House or Barn
nearest there, so that the Surgeon may send
them to Redding. A careful Subaltern from
each Division is to go with them if so many
Off? are not necessary. The Surgeon Gen! will
dismiss a part of them, each Man to take one
days Provisions with him —

Hf Qui' 24^. Sift: 1777 —

Maj: Ginl t9 M9rr9W Stephen —

Brigl Scott ^

Fi . . • • L? Cou Farmer, L? Cou Ford —

Pic^. Maj? Bell —

Brigadi Major Williams

Hi Qui' mar Fottsgrovi 2$^ Sipr. 77

M G. to morrow Sullivan

Brig^, CoNWAT

Fi . . . . Col. Grayson, LT Cou D Hart

Picq*. Cou Barber

B. Major Cox

AG. C. M ART^ is to sit immediately
at the House where Gen! Conway
Quarters, for the trial of all Prison-
ers which may be brought before
them Col. James Wood is appointed Pres? of
this Court, One careful Subalt! is to be sent
off immediately to Bethlehem with Col. Biddle
to Inspect the Baggage of the Army to see if

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it suffers by Dampness, & if it does to have
it properly dried & put up again & then to
see that it be well secur'd and guarded against
plunderers, These Ofl^ are to Assemble this
Afternoon at 3 oCl. at the Q M G* Quart!,
Hence forward all Brigade Returns are to
be made directly to the A Gen!, The Weekly
returns are to be made every Monday at
Orderly time —

Hi Qui' 26^ Sepr 77

M G, to morrow Greene

Brig^. Nash

Fi . , LT Col. Thackston, LT Col. of Delaware Re^,

Picq\ lalQoL.&} P.Reg".

B. M. Scott

THE Com! in Chief approves the
following Sentences of a G. C. M
whereof Col. James Wood is Pres?!
John Frandon of Col. Hartleys Reg!
charged with Deserting to the Enemy & In-
listing with them. The Court — (upwards of
two thirds agreeing) do sentence the Pris' to
suffer Death for the Charge of Desertion —
The base & Wicked practice of plundering
the Inhabitants is still continued, notwith-
standing all orders, & in some cases in the
most Atrocious manner, The Commander
in Chief requires that the Gen! Orders of
4^ Ins! relative thereto, be read without delay
by the Commanding Off^ of each Reg! to their
Men, The punishm! denounced in these orders
will certainly be Inflicted on the Offenders —

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The Gen! being Inform'd that many R^
have but one Orderly book He in some meas-
ure ceases to wonder that orders are so little
known & so frequently disobey' d, Until each
Company can be furnish'd with an ordT book.
The OfP* commanding Reg^ are to see that
the Officers & Men are clearly Informed of
every order which relates to them respectively,
by reading or causing the same to be read
to them. Should there be in future a well
grounded Plea of Ignorance of orders. The
OfT? commanding Reg^ will consider them-
selves answerable therefor —

Pennypackers Mills, Hi Qui' 27 Sipr, 77 G. . O.

THE G. C. Mart! whereof Col. Wood
was Pres^ is to sit immediately at
the House next above Head Qu?, —
As the troops will rest to day —
Divine Service is to be performed in all the
Corps that have Chaplains —

An Orderly Seijeant to attend at HI Q?
The B. Maj" will see this Invariably done,
every day when orders have not been pre-
viously given for marching, an Ordl^ Seijeant
from each Brigade will likewise attend C.
Martials, Such Reg*! as have not made up spare
Ammunition, so as to complete at least 40
Rounds pr Man are to do it this day, without
fail. The Commanding Off? of Reg? are to
see this done, all the spare Ammunition is to
be mark'd & put up in a spare Ammunition
Waggon, for, & to follow each Division The

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Men are to carry only their Cartridge boxes
& tin Cannisters full

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M. G. to m$rrow Sullivan

Brig^. Scott

F* Col. Lamb ^T Maj? Morrill

Picf, Maj* Dawson —

B. Maj\ Peers

THE Commander in Chief has the
Happiness again to Congratulate the
Army on the Success of the A arms
to the N. ward On the 19 Ins! an
Engagement took place between Gen! Bur-
goynes Army & the left Wing of ours under
Gen! Gates. The Battle b^un at One oCl.
& lasted till Night, Our troops fighting with
the greatest bravery, not giving one Inch of
Ground, Our Loss is ab! 80 Kill'd & 200
wounded & missing, The Enemy's is judg'd
to exceed 1000 in kilFd Wounded & taken
Pris"!, both Pris"! & Deserters declare, that
Gen! Burgoyne who commanded in person was
wounded in the left Shoulder The 62^ Reg!
was cut to pieces & that the Enemy sufferd
extremely in every Qu! where they were en-
gag'd. Such was the Ardour of our troops that
Wounded Men after being dress'd returned to
Action —

The Commander in Chief has further
occasion to Congratulate the Troops on the
Success of a Detachment from the Northern
Army* under Col. Brown, who Attack'd &

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carried several of the Enemies Posts & have got
possession of the old French Lines at Ticon-
deroga, Col. Brown in these several Attacks
has taken 293 of the Enemy Pris" with their
Arms, Retaken more than 100 of our Men &
taken 1 50 Batteaux below the ^Is & 50 above
the falls of Lake Champlain Including 17
Gun boats & One Arm'd Sloop, besides Can-
non, Ammunition &C &C

To Celebrate this Success, The Gen', orders
that at 4 oCL this Afternoon, All the troops
be paraded & Serv'd with a Gill of Rum pr
Man & that at the same time there be a dis-
charge of 13 pieces of Cannon from the
ArtiTl^ Park — All spare Ammunition in
those Divisions that have not a close spare
Waggon to secure it in, is to be returned to
the Park of Artillery —

Hi ^i Skippack ip** Sepr. 1777 G, O

M. G. t9 morrow Grbenb,

Brig\ Conway,

Field Col. Cook LT Col. Neville,

for Picq\ Maj« 3^ M. RegT

B Map Day —

THE Brig^ or OfP! commanding
Brigades are to parade their respect-
ive Brigades at 8 oClock to morrow
morning & under their own Eyes
have an exact return of the OfT*. & Men present
on the Ground, which returns they are imme-
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Genl, such of their Off" as are absent & not
on duty, they are as speedily as possible to
order to join their Corps, & if any such Off'!
get taken by the Enemy they will not be
exchanged —

Three Parties of 1 50 Men each are to parade
to morrow morning at Sunrise at the Park of
Artillery with two Days Provisions cookd
but to leave their Packs at their QuarJ, Major
Joynes, Maj! Sneed & Major Howell is each
to command one of the Parties, John White
Esq' is appointed Volunteer A. D C to Majl
Gen! Sullivan & to be respected as such —
L^ Col. Hendricks is promoted to the rank of
Col. of the I* V Reg! in the room of CoL
Read Deceased — Maj' Simms of 13 V. Reg!
to be L* CoL of 6^ in the room of L* Col.
Hendricks promoted, Capt. Campbell of 8**1 V
Reg! to be Maj! of 13^. m the room of Maj!
Simms, Promoted —

G, O. Hi g7 Skippack j&t Sep: 7777.

Maj: Gen I tomorrow Lord Stiruno.

Brigadier Foreman.

Field Officers LieuT Col? Stms ^ Maj? Bloomfield.
Field Officer for PicqueU . . . LieuT Col9 Brown.
Brigade Major Johnston.

A FLAG will go to the Enemy's
lines tom! morning; all Persons
who have any things to send in are
to have them ready at Head Quar-
ters by 7 o'clock in the morning.

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One Surgeons Mate from each Division
who can best be spar'd is to go to Bethleham
forthwith to bring down to the army the
Medison chests of their Respective Divisions.

One hundred & fifty men from Genl SuUi-
van*s, Greene's, U. Stirling's & Stephens's
Division's, & Gen! Nash's Brigade, are to be
selected this day, & a like proportion from
the other Brigades. These men are always to
carry their axes with them, to march with the
Picquets where the army moves, to prepare
timber for, & repair the roads. When arriv'd
at the new Encampment, they are to cut wood
for their respective Brigades. The Brigade
Qf Master's are to go constantly with them, &
direct them in the business above mention'd.
For these services, the men are to be excus'd from
all guards and other ordinary duty, but when
an action is expected, they are to deliver their
axes to the Brigade Ql Master's (who are to
be accountable ror the axes of their Brigade)
& Join their several Corps. When on duty
as axmen, they are always to carry their arms
with them. A list of their Names are without
delay to be given to the Brigade Ql Masters
by tneir respective Brigade Nlajors

General Greene lost at new Hanover Camp,
a brass pistol, both Stock & barrel mark d
H. . K. . . Any Person who has found it, &

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will return it to the General shall receive
twenty Dollars,

An orderly Horse from each Raiment of
Horse to attend at Head Quarters. —

G. O. Hi f.: Skifpack O^ i"* 1777

Maj§r Gemral tomorrow Stephens.

Brigadiir Nash.

Field Offiars . Col? Dsaton &r Major Smith of^*}

Maryland Regitmut,

Brigade Major Williams.

Field officer for Picquet Maj« Cropper.

THE Commander in Chief approves
the following Sentences of a General
Court martial held the 28^ of Sep-
tember 1777. whereof Col* Wood was
president Viz! Lieutenant Robert Craigg, of
Col"! Hazons Regiment charg'd with repeated
disobedience of orders, acquitted. Adjutant
Kincaid acting Brigade Maj! to Gen! Scott,
charged with not bringing his Picquet on the
grand parade in proper time, acquitted.

Whenever a field officer is warned for any
duty, & he is Sick or absent, the Brigade
Major of the Brigade to which he belongs is
to warn another in his stead, & Report his
name to the Adjutant General.

When Aids D Camp go from Camp with
their Major Generals, a Brigade Major of the
Division is to be notified thereof & directed at
head quarters at orderly time for orders.

The Brigade Q! M.7 are to apply to the

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Q M General for their Quoto of axes for the
purpose mentioned in yesterdays orders.

No more fences to be burnt on any pre-
tence whatever. If unavoidable necessity com-
pels us to do it) license must first be obtain'd
from the Commander in Chief.

The Pay Masters of Regiment & Corps
are to bring in their Payrolls for the month
of August, properly examin'd & Certified,
that Warrants may be given for Payment.

Hi f.{ Skiffack Or. Vi lyyy

The whole army are to Strike their Tents
tomorrow morning at 8, o'clock & get ready to
march. At 9. . the march is to begin. General
Sullivans Division leading, followed by Lyn-
colns, M^Dugals, Greene's. These from [w]
the first line ; then the Park of Artillery, Then
the Second line in this order, Stirling's Division,
Nash's, Stephens General Sullivans Division
to beat a foot march as a Signal for marching.
The beat to be continued by the others suc-
cessively.

The whole are to encamp in the new
ground in the same order. General Arm-
strong is at the same time to move at the
shortest rout to the right of the first line &
General Smalwood, & General Foreman to
the left of the first line, on the ground the
QM G. . will point out. The Waggons to go
in the^ rear or the army in the order of the
Brigade to which they belong, all the Tent

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Waggons first. The Regimental QM" are to
see that vaults be dug immediately upon the
army's arrival on its new ground, & any Sol-
dier caught easeing himself elsewhere is in-
stantly to be made Prisoner, & punish'd by order
of a Regimental Court martial. The Brigade
QM? are without fail to see all offal buried
every morning, & are to apply to their Brigade
for men for that purpose. Regimental, or
Brigade QM- failing in the duties here required
of them, are forthwith to be arrested.

Some Person from each disdn'd (sic) body
or Brigade of Militia is to attend at Head q-
for orders at noon.

Each Brigade QMf is to make an immedi-
ate return of the number of Baggage Waggons
in his Brigade to the QM General

An Officer from each Brigade is to remain
till the troops have march'd off, then to make
search for, & bring on all Straglers.

Majcr Gemral Tomorrow Stirung.

Brigaditr Scott.

Field offiars Col? oflA^ Dugals Brigade, ^ Major Miller

Brigade Major Johnston

Fi officer for Picquet Major Crawford

400 men for Picquet to parade precisely at
6 o*clock at the Park of Artillery.

Hi Q\'.j^. Or. 1777.

The Officers * Commanding Regiments are
to make out returns of the Cartridges wanted

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for their men to Compleat them to forty rounds
each) & draw the materials for making them at
the Park of Artillery early tomorrow morning.
One attentive officer from each R^ment, is to
be present, & Superintend the makeing Car-
tridges for their Regiments, & see that they are
well made up & the materials not waisted.

The arms are to be cleaned and put in good
order immediately. Such as are charged &
cannot be drawn is to be discharged at noon
tomorrow under the direction of the officers.
Each R^ment is to draw twelve Cartridges
p! man, ready made at the Park of Artillery
oesides the above materials.

Small parties of Horse are tomorrow morn-
ing to be sent up the different roads above the
present Encampment of the army as much as
ten miles in order to stop all Soldiers, &
turn them back to the army. All the detach-
ments of Horse are to be collected as soon as
possible to one place as near as may be to
the army except the two parties under Lee &
Craig.

Returns as exact as possible are to be made
immediately of the Kill d, wounded, & missing
in the action of yesterday and delivered to the
Commander in Chief at four o'clock tomorrow
in the afternoon. The B. Major will be punc-
tual in this matter, & where there is no B.
Major, The Brigadier, or officer Commanding
the Brigade are without delay to appoint a
Person to do the duty. One set of Colums
are to shew the kill'd of the different ranks,

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2f the wounded, & a third set of Columns the
Missing.

The Commander in Chief returns his thanks
to the Generals, & other officers & men con-
cerned yesterday in the attack on the enemy's
left wing; for the Spirit & bravery shewn in
driving the enemy from Field to Field: &
altho an unfortunate fog, Join'd with the
smoke prevented the diflFerent brigades seeing
& supporting each other, or sometimes even
distinguishing their fire from the enemy's, &
from some other causes, which as yet cannot
be accounted for, they finally retreated. They
nevertheless see that the enemy are not proof
against a vigorous attack, & may be put to
flight when boldly push'd. This they will
remember, & assure themselves that on the
next action, by a proper exertion of the Powers
which God has given them & inspired with the
cause of freedom in which they are engag'd,
they will be victorious. The Commander in
Chief not seeing the engagement with the
enemy's right wing desires the General officers
who commanded there, to thank those officers
& men who behav'd with becoming bravery
& those of either wing who behav'd otherways
to be reported.

Detail for picquet to be the same as last
setled. They are to parade at 1 1 o'clock to-
morrow forenoon & afterwards at 8, in the
morning as usual.

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MajK Gemral tom9rrow Stephens

Brigadiir Muhlenburg

Field $jficirs . . Col? Clark. LieuT Col? Conner

Field officer for Fiequet Maj* Miller

Brigade Major Peers

Hi f.l6i Oi'. 1777 Skiff aci.

Maj": General tomorrow Suluvan

Brigadier Conwat

Field officers . . Col? Richardson, LT Col? Park

Fiequet Maj« Ball

Brigade Maj'i Day

THE commanding officers of Regi-
ments are without delay to send to the
Provost for such of their men as have
been try'd & their sentences published.

The Battalion of Militia from Virginia
Commanded by Coif Rumney are to be attached
to, & do duty with General Scotts Brigade

Brigadier General Polisque {sic. rulaski ?)
will make a Return of the Horse as soon as
possible.

A pair of brass mounted pistols with white
metal locks was taken from Cjeneral Muhlen-
burgs Horse at Head quarters, twenty dollars
will be given to any rerson who will bring
them to him & no questions ask'd. A Pistol
with two brass Barrels were lost by Cap! Lee
of the light Horse: His Cypher H. L. was
on the Thumb piece. 20 Dollars will be
given to the person who will bring it to him.

John Lauranse Esqf appointed on the 6»
of September Extra Aid D Camp to the Com-

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mander in Chief, is now appointed A D Camp
to him, and is to be obey'd as such.

Thomas Mullens Esqf appointed the 3I
Instant to act as Maj' Brigade to General
Conway is now for his Gallant behaviour on
the 4*- Instant appointed Major Brigade to
Gen! Conway and is to be respected & obey'd
as such.

The Commanding officers of Corps are
every morning to Report the Strength of them
to their Brigadier, or Officers Comm! Brigades
that it may be known what Straglers have
joind.

Buck-shott are to be put in all the Car-
tridges which shall be hereafter made.

D, O. Camp. Perkyomen. 7^ Or: 1777.

The General returns his sincere thanks to
the Officers and Soldiers of his Division for
their behaviour in the action at German Town.
Nevertheless he has the mortification to hear
that some few behav'd ill, who are arrested and
reported to his Excellency. The General has
the highest confidence in the troops of his
Division, and in the Spirit and good Conduct
of the Officers. He has the Mortification to
assure the Troops that from the best informa-
tion they fled from victory : & he wishes most
ardently, that the troops may be convinced of
the Necessity of Retreating and rallying again
Briskly ; and that a Partial retreat, to change
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particular Retreat is not to be consider'd
General without the order is such. Notwith-
standing the fog depriv'd us of the oppor-
tunity of seeing how to conduct our own
approaches on the Enemy's confusion and of
giving them a compleat rout which undoubt-
edly we should have done had the weather been
clear : Nevertheless he has the satis&ction to
assure the troops the enemy suffered very
severely.

The Arms and Ammunition are to be put
in good order as soon as possible ; and every
thing got in readiness for attack or defence.

Hiad quarters. 7? O^ ^777 • ^'^

Major General tomorrow Grbenb

Brigadier Smalwood

Field Officers . . LT Col? Bullek. Maj^Vaugham
D\ D\ for Picquet .... Maj« Nicholas
Brigade Maj\ Platts

THE State R^ment from Virginia,
to Supply the place of the 9? Regi-
ment in Muhlenburgs Brigade and
do duty there till farther orders.
John Farndon of Col? Hartley's R^ment
found Guilty of the Crime of Desertion &
Sentenced by a General Court Martial held
the !25'^ of September last to suffer death Is
to be executed tomorrow at la O Clock The
situation of the Army frequently not admit-
ting of the Regular performance of divine Ser-
vice on Sundays the Chaplains of the Army

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are forthwith to meet together and agree upon
some method of performing it on other times
which method they will make known to the
Commander in Chief. Divers Swords as well
as other things have lately been stole from
Officers by Soldiers. Officers are Requested
to take notice of such things seen in the Pos-
session of their Men, and have them taken
care of & Advertised.

Taken from head Quarters the fourth in-
stant at Sunset a pair of Silver mounted Pistols
with Dogheads whoever will bring them to
head Quarters shall receive twenty Dollars
Reward and no Questions asked. The Pay-
master General is at Gen! Conways Quarters
at Thetwylers Mills where he will attend the
business of his department

C $ $ C P D F

Col? Stewarts Regiment Detail i. o, o. J. ip. 0. o.

Head quarters t Skippack^ ji Or. 1777*

The Troops to be ready to march at Six
o'clock this evening. The Divisions of Sulli-
van, & Wayne to form the Right wing, and
attack the Enemy's left ; They are to march
down the Monotony* road.

The Division of Greene and Stephens to
form the left Wing and attack the Enemy's
Right. They are to march down the Skip-
pack road. General Conway to march in front

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of the Troops that compose the Right Wing,
and file ofF to attack the Enemy's left. Gen-
eral M^ Dugal to march in front of the Troops
that compose the left Wing, and file off to
attack the Enemy's right flank.

General Nash's, and General Maxwell's
Brigades to form the Corps D Rerserve {su)y
and to be commanded by Major General L^
Stirling. The Corps D' Reserve to pass down
the Skippack road.

General Armstrong to pass down the Ridge
Road by Levering's Tavern and take guides
to cross Wissahiccon Creek about the head
of John Vandeerings mill dam so as to fall in
about Jos? Warners new house.

Smalwood and Foreman to pass down by
a Mill, formerly Daniel Morris's and Jacob
Edjes Mill into the White marsh Road, at
the Sandy Run — thence to white Marsh
Church — there take the left hand road which
leads to Jenkins's Tavern on the old York
Road, then keep down the old York Road
below Armitages beyond the Seven mile
Stone ; half a mile from which, a Road turns
off short to the Right hand fenc'd on both
sides, which leads through Enemy's Encamp-
ment at Germantown Market House.

Gen! MfDugal to attack the Right Wing
of the Enemy m flank — General Smalwood
and Foreman to attack their Right wing in
flank and Rear General Conway to attack the
Enemy's left flank and Genl Armstrong to
attack their left Wing in flank and Rear.

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The Militia who are to act on the flanks
are not to have any Cannon.

The packs and Blankets to be left. The
men to carry their provisions in their Haver-
sacks; or in any other manner least in-
convenient.

All the Pioneers of each Division who are
fit to march are to march in front of their Re-
spective Divisions with all the axes they can
muster.

Every Officer and Soldier to have a piece
of white Paper in his hatt.

Picket on the left at Van Deering's mill will
be taken by Gen! Armstrong — One at Aliens
House on Mount Airy by General Sullivan —
One at Luken's mill by General Greene.

Each Column to make their Disposition
so as to attack the picquets in their Respec-
tive Routs precisely at 5 oClock with charged
Bayonets without nreing, and the Column to
move on to the attack as soon as possible.

The Columns to endeavour to get within
two miles of the Enemy's Picquets on their
Respective Routs by 2 oClock and there halt
till four and make the disposition for attack-
ing the picquets at the time above mentioned

The Columns of Continental Troops and
Militia to communicate with each other from
time to time by Light Horse.

Proper Flanking parties to be kept out
from each Column.

G. Washington.

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HcMi quarters^ ^ OtT. 1777-

May, General temorrow L? Stirling

Brigadier

Field Officers

Brigade Ma]*: Nichols

Field officer for Picquit Maj* Polk

THE Brigade Majors are to give in
Returns tomorrow of the number of
mens arms and Accoutrements want-
ing in the Regiments of each Brigade
that they may be compleated immediately : also
Returns of the tin Canisters.
The mens pouches to be greased once a week.
The Commanding Officers of Regiments
are ordered to select the best men for makeing
Mocasins, and set them about it immediately.
The Commissary's are to take care of the
hides &c^

Thomas Famdon to be executed tomorrow
at 12 oCl: Sixty men from each Brigade to
parade at the Park at that time.

Head quarters gtt Ocn 77

Maj*". General Tomorrow Stephens

Brigadier Wayne

Field Officers . . LieuI Col? Swirr tf LieuT Col? Rosi
Z>. for Picquet Maj* Force

BY General Orders of 13'? SepJ, a dis-
tribution of Tents was thus directed:
One Soldiers Tent for the Field offi-
cers of each Regiment, one for Every
four Commission'd officers and one to every
eight privates. The Commanding officers of

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Regiments are immediately to Examine into
the number of Tents and cause all beyond the
foregoing allowance to be collected and de-
livered to the Brigade Quarter Masters : In
the first place to supply those Corps in their
Brigades who are short in their allowance and
the Residue to be delivered over to the Q M
General to supply the Militia and such other
Corps as are destitute.

The Commander in Chief expects the
General Officers and those Commanding Bri-
gades will see this order carried into effectual
and immediate execution.

Brigadier General Nash will be inter'd at
lo o'clock this forenoon with military honours
at the place where the roads cross'd and where
the troops marched in yesterday. All officers
whose circumstances will admit, are to attend
and pay this Respect to a brave man who dy'd
in defence of his country.

The execution of John Farndon is pos-
pon'd, till Tomorrow at noon.

The General Court martial whereof Colo-
nel Broadhead was president is to set to-
morrow morning at eight oClock at the
Horsemans tent near the Artillery Park.

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HcMi quartirs, . i(A O^, ^777*

Msf: General tomerrow Sullivan

Brigadier Scott

Field Officers . . • Col? Marshalu Maj* Hay

Brigade Maj: Cox

Field Officer for Pickett . . Maj* Frances Murrst

THE Chaplains of the Army to meet
tomorrow at 12 o'clock in the rear
of the park of Artillery for the pur-
pose mentioned in the General orders
of 7- Instant.

The Pay-master General will attend the
Business of his department at General Wee-
dons quarters at Ml Finneys House.

A court of enquiry, consisting of four
members and Maj' General U Stirling presi-
dent, is to sit this day at 12 o clock at the
Presidents quarters to examine into the con-
duct of Maj' General Sullivan in the expedi-
tion commanded by him against Staten Island
in the Month of August last. Majf Taylor &
other officers who can give information of this
matter are to attend : but if the court see cause
to pospone the examination for want of evi-
dence, (after hearing what Majf Taylor has
to Relate on that head) they are to do it
accordingly.

General MfDucAL'

General Knox) ,^ ,_

r^ c \ Mumpers

Colonel Spencer

Colonel Clark

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The General being inform'd that much pro-
visions are wasted by the irregular manner in
which it is drawn and cook'd : does in earnest
terms exort the officers commanding Corps,
to look into, and prevent abuses of this kind ;
and in very express terms desires that they
will see their men have provisions by them
ready for any immergency : and Moreover, that
they will be particularly attentive to the execu-
tion of orders both as to time and manner:
Ardently wishing, that the necessity of a Rigid
compliance with them may be deeply impressed
upon the mind of every Officer, who ought
to consider how impracticable it is to carry on
any Military opperations without it. It is not
for every Officer to Know the principles upon
which orders are issued, and to Judge how
they may, or may not be dispensed with or
Suspended : but their duty to carry them into
execution with the greatest punctuality and
exactness — They are to consider that mili-
tary movements are like the working of a
Clock, and will go equally regular and easy if
every Officer does his duty: but without it,
be as easily disordered ; because neglect in any
one part, like the stoping of a Wheel disorders
the whole.

The General therefore expects, that every
Officer will duly consider the importance of
the observation : Their own honour. Reputa-
tion, and the duty they owe their Country
claims it of them ; and he earnestly calls upon
them to do it.

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The General directs that the Arms be put
in the best order without loss of time. Am-
munition compleat, and every thing in Readi-
ness against a Sudden call if such should be
made upon us.

Those who want Ammunition are to be
supply'd immediately by orders from the A.
General ; but at the foot of each Return an
account is to be rendered how the deficiency
arises

Promotions in consequence of the late
deaths and Resignations will now take place
as a Reward to the merits of deserving Officers.
The Succession in which they are to be made
agreeable to General Orders is to be reported
by the General Officers of each Division or
Brigade; after consulting the Field Officers
of the Regiment they belong to.

Officers who are under the imputation of
cowardice, or whose characters are otherways
impeachable are to be noted, as the Gen! is
determined to discriminate between the good
and bad; This order to be confin'd to pro-
motion — No new appointments will take
place at this time in the week state of the
Regiments.

11^ Ocr. 1777. B. o.

A court of enquiry to sit this day at 12 o'clock
to examine into the Conduct of Lieutenant
Brock of 10'- Virginia Regiment in not Join-
ing his Regiment at the proper time. Coif
Stewart is appointed president of this Court —

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L! Col? Sjms — Major John Murray — One
Captain from 2f Virginia Regiment and one
from the 6^ Virginia Regiment, Members —
All evidences to attend where the president
shall direct.

A Draught is to be immediately made of
twenty men from the Brigade for additionals
to Captain Doughty's Artillery and as the
Credit and safety of our Artillery depends on
the goodness of the men employ'd in useing
them, the General requests the Officers Com-
manding Regiments to send none for that
purpose but those in whom a proper depend-
ence may be put.

Those Recruits which have lately Joined
the 2? Virgf Regiment are to be divided among
the different Companies in the Regiment so as
to bring them most upon an equality, allowing
the Recruiting officers the first Choice.

Hi Quarters. Towaminsing. iPi Oc ^777*

May. General tomorrow Grbenb

Brigadier Muhlenbu&o

Field Officers • Colonel Chandler, Colonel Nelson

D* for Picquett Maj* Sumner

Brigade Maj'i Johnston

TH E Court of enquiry of which Lord
Stirling is president now siting at
the Presidents quarters is to enquire
into the conduct of Brigadier General
Wayne Viz! that he had timely notice of the
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his Command on the night of the 20*- Ult*
and notwithstanding that intelligence he neg-
lected makeing a disposition untill it was too
late, either to annoy the enemy, or make a
Retreat without the utmost danger & Con-
fusion. The President will give notice when
the Court can enter on the Enquiry, when
the Parties and Evidences are to attend.

A Flag will go to the Enemy's lines on
Monday next at 9 o'Clock in the morning.
All Persons haveing letters, or things to send
in, will have them ready at Head Quarters by
that time

TWICE A WEEK, viz. . On Wcdncs-
days and Saturdays, The Officers of each
Company are to Inspect their mens Arms,
Ammunition and accoutriments to see that
they are in perfect order and that nothing is
wanting. At the first inspection, they are to
take an exact account of every article belong-
ing; to each man, and if afterwards any be
missing, they are immediately to report the
same to the Officer Commanding their Regi-
ment that the matter may be enquired into (If
he judges it proper) by a Regimental Court
Martial, and the delinquent punished if de-
serving and Charg'd with the articles lost to
be deducted out of his wages —

The Militia from the County's of P! Wil-
liam — Culpepper — Louden & Berkley in
the state of Virginia are to ( ) form'd into
a Brigade under the Command of Colonel
William Crawford.

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The Q Master & Commissary Generals
are to appoint persons therein to do the duty's
of their respective departments —

All the Troops that came from Peeks-kill
under the Command of General Varnum —
Mf Dugal — Huntingdon — (Malcoms Regi-
ment excepted) are to be thrown into two
Brigades in such manner as those Gentlemen
shall think best: a Report of which is to be
made to Commf in Chief for his further or-
ders. Col? Malcoms Reg! is to Join General
Conways Brigade.

Twelve Light horse with an Officer are to
mount guard every ( ) with the Picquets and
to be disposed of with the picquets for the
purpose of Conveying every intelligence in
Such a way, as the Major General of the day
shall direct

The Commanding officers of those Com-
pany's, which were rais'd as part of the sixteen
Battalions, and at different times annex'd to
other Regiments are to make immediate re-
turn to the Adjutant General of their Strength,
and in what Reg! they are doing duty

The General has the pleasure to inform
the Army that the Congress have in an Un-
animous resolve expressed their thanks to the
Officers and men, concernd in the attack on
the Enemy near German Town on the 4!.^ In-
stant; for their brave exertions on that oc-
casion, and hopes the approbation of that
honourable body will stimulate them to still
nobler acts on every future occasion.

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Captain Paul Parker of Col? Hardeys
Regiment is appointed to do the duty of Bri-
gade Major in General Waynes Brigade till
further orders and is to be respected and
obeyed as Such.

All firing of Guns are absolutely forbidden,
unless by licence first obtained of the Maj!
General of the day : and the Instant a gun is
fir d, a Setjeant and file of men shall be sent
to catch the Villain who is thus wasting am-
munition and alarming the Camp. All ofli-
cers are strictly required to see this order put
in execution.

The Brigade Major of the day is to bring
four Drums and Fifes to the parade to be
distributed to the Guards if necessary or
otherwise disposed of as the Brigadier of the
day shall direct.

Major General Tomorrto Stephens

Brigadier Smalwood

Field officers . . Col? Patton. L: Col? Mead

Brigade Major Peers

Field officer for Picquet . . . . L : Col? Davis

MAJ^ LOCKHART of the 3? N.
Carolina Regiment is promoted to
the Rank of L: Colonel in the 8^
Regiment in that State in the room
of L: Col? Ingram resign'd.

Captain Henry Dickerson of the i- N
Carolina Regiment is promoted to the Rank

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of Major in the 3!^ Regiment of said state in
the room of Maj' Lockhart promoted

The Commander in Chief approves the fol-
lowing Sentences of a General Court Mar-
tial held the 3? Instant. Viz — Ensign Car-
son of the 4-^ Virginia Regiment charg'd
with accusing Ensign Ford of cowardice;
also geting drunk in the morning and be-
having in an Ungentelman-like manner.
Found guilty of the charge brought against
him and sentenced to be discharged from the
service.

It is the ardent wish of the Commander in
Chief that the duty of the Camp may be per-
formed with the greatest exactness and regular-
ity and desires that the Major Gen! Brigadier
General and Field officer of the day, attend
the parade at the time of Guard mounting
and see that the Guards are duly march'd off
and every thing conducted with propriety —
Henceforward, the guards are to parade at 9
oClock in the morning — The Officers have
now an opportunity or attending to the dis-
cipline of the Troops. • . . Every day, when
the weather will permit, the Corps are to be
turn*d out and practic'd in the most essential
exercises: Particularly, primeing and load-
ing — advancing — forming — Retreating —
breaking — and Rallying

No pains are to be Spared to improve the
Troops in this point.

All parties & Witnesses concerned in the
charge against Gen! Wayne are to attend at

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Lord Stlrlings Quarters tomorrow morning
at 9 oCl :

The Q M General is directed to provide
paper immediately, that the troops may be
furnish'd immediately.

Heiiii Quarters ij? O/^ ^777*

MmjK General tomerrew Sullivan

BrigMdUr Varnxjic

Field officers • Colonel Bradley. L: Col? Greene

Brigade' Maj\ Day

Field officer for picquet .... Maj* Sterrett

SENDING the flag to the Enemys lines
will be defer'd till Tomorrow at 9
oclock.
Those Battalions and Corps that
have Joined the army since the 3? Instant are
to attend to the orders of that day with regard
to making out their Muster Rolls. An im-
mediate attention to this duty is required of
every officer who has not already performed it.
It is with real grief and amazement that
the General observes by the late returns how
deficient of arms and accoutriments the Con-
tinental arms are; He directs that they may
be immediately supply'd with muskets and if
there is not a sufficient number of Cartouch
boxes that the tin Canisters be taken from
those who have Cartouchboxes to supply the
defect of those who have none. After this,
the General positively orders that the arms,
ammunition and accoutriments be examin'd

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once a day, by an officer of each Company.
That this may certainly be done, he expects
the Commanding officer of each Regiment
will give particular attention to the duty here
injoin'd ; He also recommends it to the Gen-
eral officers as a matter well worthy of their
care, any soldier who shall after this loose,
sell, or otherways dispose of his arms, accou-
triments or cloathing shall be punish'd in the
most Exemplary manner without the smallest
mitigation. As there are not spare Cartouch
Boxes at this time to supply the Militia:
Col? Crawford is desir'd to use his utmost
skill & Industry to procure Horns & Pouches
to carry their Ammunition in; or to adopt
any other Method he may (upon consulting
his officers) find more Expeditious — He is
to appoint some active Person, acquainted
with duty as Brigade Major Protem. who
will be allow'd pay during the time he acts.
As many great and valuable advantages
would result from having the arms of a Divi-
sion ; or even a Brigade of the same Bore :
The Commander in Chief directs, that each
officer Commanding a Brigade would have a
Return instantly made to him of the different
Calibers, and number of each kind in his Bri-
ide : and that as soon as this is done; Major
feneral Sullivan would call together all the
General officers and 0£F" Commanding Bri-
gades and see if Such a disposition of arms
can be effiscted as many happy consequences
would flow from it

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After Ordirs. O^ 7J(* 77.

Altho orders have been given to Compleat
the Army to 40 Rounds p' man ; the General
did not intend that they should be distributed
to the men 'till further orders, except as hr as
should be necessary to fill the Cartridge Boxes
& Tin Canisters, all above that number are
to be Collected immediately and deposited in
a good coverd wagon of the Brigade or Di-
vision : no delay is to be made in this Matter,
lest the Cartridges be Spoil'd or lost.

The Companies rais'd by Captains, Steel,
Irwin, Heartiy, & Calderwood, are to Join
Colonel Malcoms Regiment & compose part
of it.

What Blankets, Breeches and Shoes are
in the Clothiers Store are to be distributed
tomorrow upon application to him without
further orders

Head Qmartirs. i^ O^. iffj.

MajZ General tomerrow Greens

Brigadier Huntinodon

Field Officers • . Col? STBPium. L : Col? Ltnley

Brigade Maj^. Platt

Picquet Maj? Brustbr

THE officers on guard are to make
report to the officers of the day, who
will report the whole to the Adj!
General.
D! Craick director of the Hospital at
Reading has sent a list of the wounded there

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whose Blankets and other necessaries remain
in Camp. The Commanding officers of Regi-
ments, are immediately to make most diligent
search for all such necessaries, belonging to
the Wounded of their Respective Regiments ;
collect them together, and lodge them with all
possible dispatch at the Q Mf Generals Quar-
ters The wounded are now suffering for
want of them, and not a moment is to be lost
in relieving those brave men who have suf-
fered in their Country's cause. The Brigade
Majors are to send lists of their Names
to the officers commanding Regiments without
delay

Hichcock Esq' is appointed to do the

duty of Brigade Major in the 25 Maryland
Brigade, late De Borres & is to be respected
accordingly.

John Lawson Esq! Adjutant to the Prince-
william Militia is appointed to do the duty of
Brigade Maj! in the Brigade of Militia under
the command of Col? Crawford, & is to be
respected as Such.

Rich? Emmory Esqf is appointed to do the
duty of Brigade Maj' in the i*f Maryland Bri-
gade and is to be respected accordingly.

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Hesd Qusrtirs lyi On 7777.

Afj/: Gernrai t9m9rr9w Stephen

Brigadier Wsedon

Fiild Officers . . . Col? Lewis. L ; Col? Nagle

Brigade MajZ Parker

Picquet Maj* Richardson

TH E General has the repeated pleasure
of informing the army, of the suc-
cess of the Troops under the Com-
mand of General Gates over General
Burgoyne. On the 7. Instant, the action
commenc'd about 3' oclock afternoon be-
tween the picquets of the two armies, which
was reinforced on both sides. — The con-
test was warm & continued with obstinacy
till eve'ning, when our Troops gain'd the ad-
vanced lines of the Enemy & encamp'd on
that ground all night. — The enemy fled &
left behind them 330 Tents, with kettles boil-
ing with Corn. — Eight brass Field pieces. —
Two 1 2 & 6 Six pounders. — upwards of 200
of their Dead, & the baggage of their flying
array. General Frazer is among their dead —
our Troops took 550 Non-com missioned offi-
cers & privates prisoners, besides S! Francis
Carr Clark, Aid D Camp to General Bur-
goyne a quarter Master General (said to be
Carleton J — The Commanding officers of Ar-
tillery of a Forraign Brigade, & of the British
Granadiers, & a Number of Inferior Rank. —
Two of our Generals, Lyncoln & Arnold
were wounded in the leg. Besides these, our
troops suffisr'd but very little ; They bchav'd

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with great bravery and intripidity, & have thus
a Second time triumph'd over the valor of
Veteran Troops. When the last accounts came
away : General Burgoynes army was retreating
& ours persueing.

The General congratulates the Troops on
this Signal victory, the third capital advantage,
which under divine providence we have gain'd
in that quarter & hopes it will prove a power-
ful Sdmulous to the army under his immedi-
ate Command ; at least to equal their Northern
Brethren in brave & intripid exertions when
caird thereto. The General wishes them to
consider that this is the grand American
Army, and that of course great things are
expected from it: It is the army of whose
Superior prowess many have boasted What
Shame then & dishonour will attend us if
we Suffer ourselves in every instance to
be outdone — We have a force sufficient (by
the Favour of Heaven) to crush our Foe,
& nothing is wanting but a Spirited per-
severing exertion of it. — To which, besides
the motives before mention'd ; duty, & the
love of our Country irresistably impell us.
The effects of such powerful motives no
man who possesses the Spirit of a Soldier
can withstand

Spur'd on by them, the General assures
himself that on the next occasion, his Troops
will be compleatly successful

In honour of the Northern army» & to
celebrate their Victory ; 13 pieces of Cannon

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are to be discharg'd at the Artillery park, at
5 o'clock this afternoon : previous to which, the
Brigades & Corps are to be drawn out on their
respective parades, & those orders distinctly
read to them by their officers.

Those men in Colonel Crawfords Brigades
of Militia, whose pieces cannot be drawn, are
to be discharg'd, at Five oClock this after-
noon.

The Troops are to march tomorrow from
the right at 7 oClock in the morning. The
Maj' General of the day will point out the
order of march.

Brigade Returns are to be made immedi-
ately of all Seamen in the respective Corps of
the army.

The Brigadiers & officers commanding
Brigades are without the Smallest delajr, to
make strict enquiry about the tin Canisters
which have been issued to them, and report
the number now with them and inform what
is become of the rest.

A Court of enauiry consisting of 5 mem-
bers — one of whicn General Greene is to be
President is to sit at the Presidents quarters
at 3 o'clock this afternoon to enquire into the
charges against Brigadier General Maxwell. —
All Witnesses are to attend at the same time.
Brigadier General Muhlenburg — & varnum —
Col? Stewart and Richardson are appointed
members of this Court.

A General Court Martial of horse officers
is to sit at Col? Moylands quarters, tomorrow

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at 9 oClock in the morning for the trial of all
Prisoners of the horse, which shall be brought
before them — Col? Moyland is appointed
President of this court.

Detail the same as yesterday, only the Six
Brigades which furnish'd Captains yesterday,
are not to do it tomorrow : the other Six fur-
nish them, and the North Carolina Brigade is
to give but Sixteen Privates for Picquet.

Aftir orders.

As the army is to march tomorrow at 7
o,clock — the new Picquets are to be on
the Grand Parade an hour before agreable to
General orders of the 15!^ September. (The
Brigade Majors will remember that this was
a standing order)

Hiad quarters Wsrcester Tewnsbip. i&f Ocr. 1777 >

Major General tomorrow Sullivan

Brigadier Nfc Dugal

Field officers Col? Martin of Jersey. L : Col? Han
Field officer for Picquet. .... Major Bayard
B Major Williams

TH E Commander in Chief positively
orders, that the Horse encamp com-
pactly in the rear of the Army, and
as near Head Quarters as possible
The Regiments are to continue to draw
materials ; and go on making Cartridges every
day with care and dispatch : and when made,
they are to be returned to the Commissary of
Military Stores.

The Court of enquiry of which Major

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General LI Stirling was President, held the
12^ Instant, to examine into the conduct of
Major General Sullivan in the Expedition
commanded by him to Staten Island in the
month of august last : report their opinion as
follows. Viz :

The Court after hearing the evidences
against Major General Sullivan, and those
produced by him in his defence, and duly con-
sidering the same, are unanimously of opinion
that the expedition against the Enemy on
Staten Island was eligible, and promised great
advantage to the cause of America : that the
expedition was concerted and the orders for
the execution proper, and wou*d have suc-
ceeded with reputation to the General and
troops under his Command, had it not in
some measure been rendered abortive by acci-
dents which were out of the power of the
General to foresee or prevent: that General
Sullivan was particularly active in embarking
the troops to the Island and took every pre-
caution to bring them off; that he made early
provision to refiresh the Troops of his Division
at Elizabeth Town when they returned to the
Jerseys; and that upon the maturest con-
sideration of the Evidence in possession of
this Court that he deserves the approbation
of his Country and not the Censure. The
Court are therefore of opinion unanimously
that he ought to stand honourably acquitted
of every unsoldier like Conduct in the expedi-
tion against Staten Island.

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After orders

The Regiments commanded by Colonels
Greene — Angill — Durgie — & Chandler, are
to form one Brigade under the command of
Brigadier General Varnum. — The Reg? com-
manded by Col? Prentice — Bradley — & Swift
are to form one Bri^de under the Command
of Brigadier Genl Huntington: Those two
Brigades form a Division to be commanded
by Brig! General M*" Dugal*

Division Orders, p t Clock P: M: i6'f Or. 7777.

The 2f & 5'? Virginia Regiments, with the
Pennsylvania State Regiment, are to have one
days provision Cook'd, and be in readiness to
march at eleven ? Clock tomorrow ; the Re-
cruits belonging to those Regiments are to be
left behind — General Weedon will take Com-
mand of this Detachment — he will receive
orders at head quarters*

Head Quarters. Feter Wintzis jj^. OrC J777.

Major General tomorrow Stephen

Brigadier Wayne

Field officers . . Col? Johnston & L : Col? Naville
Field officer for Ficquet .... Major Morris
BMajor Hitchcock

THE Troops are to be under arms
eleven oClock this Forenoon, except
those men who are employed in mak-
ing Cartridges and the General ex-
pects that the Commanding officer of each
Regiment daily keeps a number of the best

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hands diligently working at that business till
further orders. The troops are to parade with
one days provisions ready Cook'd

Division orders — ii oClotk P, M.

The i!f Virginia Regiment in General
Muhlenburg's Brigade, & the 6^". In General
Weedon*s Brigade, are to be in readiness to
march tomorrow morning by Sun-rise; L.
Col"* Greene who Commands this Detachment
will receive orders at Head Quarters.

Hiad Quarters. Peter Wentzes^ Ot^. iS^ 1777*

Major General tomorrow L? Stirling

Brigadier Scott

Field officers . . L : Col9 Russel. L. Col? Gurney
Field officer for Picquet .... Major Lockart
B Major Emory

^ ■ ^HE General has his happiness com-

I pleated, relative to the success of

I our Northern Army. — On the 14*?

-JL Instant General Burgoyn and his

whole army surrendered themselves Prisoners

of War. Let every face Brighten and every

heart expand with greatful joy and praise

to the Supreme disposer of all humane events,

who have granted us this signal success. — The

Chaplains of the Army are to prepare short

discourses, suited to the Joyful occasion, to

deliver to their Several Brigades, or Corps at

five 0, Clock this evening. Immediately after

this, 13 pieces of Cannon are to be discharged

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at the Park of Artillery : to be foUow'd by a
Feu-de joy with blank Cartridges or powder
by every Brigade and Corps of the Army :
beginning on the right of the front line and
runing on to the left of It ; and then instantly
beginning on the left of the Second line and
runing on to the right of It where it will end —
The Maj! General of the day will Superintend
and regulate the Feu de joy.

The officers Commanding Brigades and
Corps, are to draw out their men (excepting
those on duty) every day when the Weather
permits, to practice the most necessary Ma-
noeuvres — particularly to advance in line —
from thence to form Columns to go thro'
passes and openings in Fences and reduce
them again — to retire in line and Column
and form again. In a word, to perform all
those movements which in Action a woody
and inclos'd Country shall make necessary.

After orders, J e. Clock

Two hundred men with two Field officers —
four Captains and eight Subalterns from each
Division Viz : Sullivan — Greene — Waynes
— M^ Dugal — Lf Stirling — & Stephen's are
to parade tom! morning at Sun-rise in the Field
before the front line with Arms, Accoutri-
ments, and Ammunition, and at least one
days provisions cook'd: but without either
packs or Blankets.

General Sullivan will take Command of the
whole

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Dwisi$m orders* J 9 Clock. F. M.

The German Battalion with what provisions
they have on hand are to parade in front of
the Division Commanded by Gen! M'Dugal
at Sun-rise tomorrow morning

Head Quartirs zp*} Oc, 1777*

M^or Gentral tomorrow Sullivan

Brigadier Huntington

Field officers . . . Col? Price. L. Col? Brearly
Field officer for Picquet .... Major Cropper
B. Major M? Gowin

THE Bri^diers and officers Com-
manding Brigades are to appoint Gen-
eral Courts martial in their respective
Brigades, for the trial of all Non-
Commissioned officers and privates now in
the Provost belonging to their respective
Brigades : These Courts are to Sit tomorrow
morning at 9 ^Clock, and daily afterwards till
all the prisoners are try'd. Each Court will
appoint their Judge Advocate

The Commander in Chief approves the
following Sentences of a General Court Mar-
tial held the 7?^ and \o^ Instant whereof Col?
Broadhead was President. Viz.

Captain Cromp of the first Vir^nia Re^-
ment charged with Cowardice : is found guilty,
and sentenced to be Cashiered and his Name —
place of abode — and his punishment published
m the News papers in and about the Camp :
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he belongs to, or in which he usually resides :
after which It shall be deem'd Scandalous for
any officer to associate with him.

Cap! John Stoner of the io9t Pens? Regi-
ment, charged with leaving the Regiment in
a Cowardly manner in the action at Chads-ford
on Brandy-wine on the iif! September last,
found guilty of leaving his Regiment im-
properly the II? Sepf last when an action was
expected ; but not in a Cowardly manner, and
Sentenced to be repremanded by the Brig! of
the Brigade the loJrPens? is in — in presence of
the officers of the officers (sic) of the Brigade.

L! Simon Morgan of the 13? Virg! charged
with Cowardice on the 4^" Instant: acquitted
with honour by the unanimous opinion of the
Court.

L : Rains of the i c*? Virg! charg'd with
sending a Soldier (William Bluford) to bring
water in a tin Cartouch box, found not guilty
by the unanimous opinion of the Court.

L! Col! Byrd ; cnarg'd with Countermand-
ing the orders Col? Bland gave to two soldiers
to fall into their Ranks repeatedly on parade,
and for disobeying the orders of Col? Bland
when directed to order the said men into their
Ranks, on the night the Cavalry pass'd the
Schuylkill. — . Col? Byrd admitted the Just-
ness of the Charge: whereupon the Court
considered whether Col? Bland had, or had not
a right to Command L: Col? Byrd while a
Superior officer was present and determined
that he had not.

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Aftir $rdirs.

The whole army is to be ready to march
tomorrow morning at 4 o.clock, with what
Tents, necessary Baggage &c: are at the
present Encampment. — If anv of the troops
have not already drawn provisions for tomor-
row ; It is now to be drawn & Cooked without
delay

The Commissaries of Divisions are in-
stantly to Send down Provisions for their
respective Detachments which march'd this
morning: with orders to reach the Detach-
ments before they Stop.

Htad Quartirs. 21** Oe. 1777.

Major Girnrsl Tom$rr$w Sullivan

BrigadUr Conway

Fiild officers . . Col? Hall. Major SrusBLEnBLD
Fiild officer for Picquet .... Major Howard
B Major Johnston

Head Quartirs. Morri/s. Wbitpin Township.

upper DuhUm 22\ Otr. ijyj.

Mijor General Tomorrow Grbbnb

Brigadier ••• Smalwood

Field officers . Col? Chambers. L : Col? Thackston

Field officer for Ficqmt L. Col? Ford

B Major Peers

^"^UCH of the troops as have not al-
^^^ ready drawn provisions for to day &
^^^ tomorrow, are to do it Immediately,
\<,J and cook the whole, and be ready to
march at the Shortest notice

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Division ordirs

The 2f & lo. Virg! with the Pens? State
Regiment in Gen! Weedons Brigade, to hold
themselves in readiness to march at 6. oClock
this Evening. — The c*? Virg! and German
Regiment of Gen! Muhlenburgs Brigade also
to be in Readiness to march at the Same
time; without Blankets, or any kind of En-
cumbrance — to be compleat with Forty
rounds of Ammunition

Division afar Orders

The whole Division is to be in readiness to
move this evening at 6 oClock. Every man
is to be provided with forty rounds of Am-
munition — a Gill of Rum & a Blanket.

Head Quarters, Or: 23i I77T'

Major General Tomorrow Stephens

Brig^. Woodford

Fiild officers . . . Col? Summer. Major Miller

Field officer for Ficquet Major Ball

B. Major Parker

Head Quarters. 24^ Or: -T///.

Major General Tomorrow Sullivan

Brig:, VARNxm

Field officers . . Col? Prentice. LT Col? Weltner

Field officer for Picquet L : Col? Pope

B. Major Aldbn

MANY abuses having been com-
mitted in Impressing horses for
the Army; the Commander in
Chief positively orders that, hence-
forward, no horses be impress'd by any Member

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of the Army without an order from the Quarter
Master General or one of his Deputies or
assistants; or a special order from the Com-
mander in Chief. The Brigade Quarter

Masters are to make Returns Tomorrow after-
noon at 5 OjClock — of all the Rideing and
Batt (sic) horses used in their Respective Bri-
gades; and the Persons and their Rank in
whose service they are used.

The General tourt Martial whereof Gen-
eral Sullivan is appointed President is to sit
tomorrow morning at 9 o,Clock at the Presi-
dents quarters for the Trial of Brigadier
General Wayne upon the Charge against him

— " That he had timely notice of the Enemy*s
intentions to attack the troops under his Com-
mand on the night of the 20^ Ult : and not-
withstanding that Intelligence n^lected making
a Disposition until It was too late ; either to
annoy the Enemy, or make a Retreat with-
out the utmost Danger and Conftision — Gen-
eral Muhlenbuig — Weedon — Conway — and
Huntington — Colonels Stephens — Dayton —
M?Clennachan — Stewart — Bradley — Davis

— De Hart — & Thackston are appointed
Members of this Court.

Altho' the Enterprize under General
MfDugal proved fruidess, by reason of the
Enemy's having abandoned the post intended
to have been attacked : yet the commander in
Chief returns his thanks due the officers and
men detached for that Service who two nights
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kill — and to those also under Generals Sulli-
van & Greene, who were designed to facilitate
General M?Dugals operations; for the forti-
tude and Chearfulness with which they went
through the Night March and fatigue which
occur*d in the Expedition.

Geif, after orders

The Court Martial for the trial of General
Wayne, Is calFd at his own request.

Head Quarters 2J^ O^. ^777-

Major General Tomorrow Stephens

Brig^, Woodford

Field officers .... Col? Lawson. Major ELait

Field officer for Picquet Major Scull

B. Major Williams

THE intention of a certificate upon
Pay-abstracts under the hands of the
Brigadiers was, that the truth of
them should be made apparent upon
a Comparison with the Weekly returns : and
unless the Brigadiers make such comparisons ;
the signing of their Names is but an Empty
form — The Commander in Chief therefore
requires that henceforward, the Brigadiers ; or
officers Commanding Brigades that are without
Brigadiers, carefully compare the Pay-abstracts
with the Weekly returns before they make a
Certificate of them.

The Commander in chief orders that a
weekly Return be made of each Brigade to-
morrow morning at lo Oclock with out fail,
the Returns to be made with all possible exact-

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ness and of those men returnd on command,
their respective Command, & the number on
each are to be pointed out. The Gen! will
look to the Brigadier or Officers Commanding
Brigades for the punctual compliance with this
order. — The Commander in Chief approves
the following sentence of a Gen*. Court Mar-
tial held the 14'*' & 15"? Ins! where of Col?
Broadhead was President. & orders them to be
put in execution immediately. —
L! Nathan Ferris of Col? Swifts Reg! charc'd
with being drunk & Incapable of doing his
duty, when the army engagd the Enemy on
the 4^ Ins! was found guilty & sentenced to
be Cashierd — L! Joseph Fish of Col? Durkies
Reg! charg'd with leaving the Reg! & Platoon
he belonged to while on the march towards the
enemy on the Night of the 3".** In* and also of
being disguised much with liquor,'* was ac-
quited of the first charge and found guilty of
being much disguised with liquor and sentenced
therefore to be reprimanded by the Brigf Gen
in the presence of the officers of the Brigade ; —
The uen! again congratulates our troops on
the success of our Arms, on Wednesday last
a body of about 1 200 Hessians under the com-
mand of Count Denop made an attack on fort
Merrun at red bank and after an action of 40
Minutes were repulsed with great loss. —
Count Denop himself is wounded and taken
Prisoner together with his Brigade Majf and
about 100 other Officers and soldiers and
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they carried off many of their wounded, their
hole loss is provably 400 — Our loss was
trifling the kilVd and wound'd amounting only
to about 32 — The next Morning a number
of the enemy's ships came up and attacked Fort
Mifllln and the Gallies — and after a severe
Cannonade of several hours the ships thought
proper to retire but in returning a 64 Gun ship
Ld a fngate run aground and were burnt'd. -

HiMd Qnartirs upper Doublin Townjf

Or/C 20^ 1777.

Majl Gevf, Tomorrow Gresnb

Bri^, Maxwell

Fiild Officers . . Col? Browns. Maj>^ Sedgwick

BrigMde Maj\ Mullens

Fiild Officer for Picquet Maj* Snbbd

THE Court of enquiry of which Gen!
Greene was president relative to the
Complaints ae;ainst Gen! Maxwell re-
port their opinion as follows Viz! The
Court of enquiry having fully enquired into
the Complaints exhibited by L! Col? Heath
against Brig! Gen! Maxwell whilst command-
ing the light corps are clearly of opinion that
they are without Foundation saving that it
appears he was once during said time disguised
in liquor in such a manner as to disqualify
him in some measure but not fully from doing
his duty; and that once or twice besides his
spirits were a little elivated by Spirituous
Liquors, the Court submit to his excellency

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better judgement wheather Gen! Maxwell from
these Instances of Deviation ought to be sub-
jected to a trial by Court Martial —
The Commander in chief directs that the Gen!
Court Martial of which Gen! Sullivan is Presi-
dent as soon as the trial before them is finishd,
proceed to the trial of Brigadier Gen! Maxwell
upon the complaints refered to in the forgoing
report —

The Commander in chief approves the follow-
ing sentences of a Gen! Court Martial of which
Col? Broadhead was president held the 17^ 1 8
& 19? Ins! & orders that they be put in execu-
tion forthwith Viz' —

Lieu! Col? John Markham of the 8^ Virginia
Reg! chargd with having left the Reg! in time
of action on the 4^ Ins! and also on the Re-
treat of the same day, and also chargd with
delay when ordered to support the Advanced
Guard was by the Unanimous opinion of the
Court found guilty of the Charge exhibited
against him & Sentenced to be cashird. Cap!
McCormick of the 13^ Virginia Reg! Charged
with laying down in time of action and behav-
ing in a cowardly unofficer like manner was
acquited with honor —
Lieu! Crane of the 5^ Virginia Reg! charged
with disobedience of orders also with breaking
his arrest acquitted by the Unanimous opinion
of the Court, —

L! Thomas Moore of Cap! Harrisons Com-
pany in the 13? Virginia Reg! Chaiged with
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otherwise behaving unbecoming the character
of a gentleman or officer Was acquited.
Thomas Roch a matross in Cap! Serjeants
Company of artillery in Col? Cranes Regf of
artillery charged with desertion and attemdng
to go to the enemy — The Court are unani-
mously of opinion the Prisoner is Guilty of
the charge against him and do unanimously
sentence him to suffer death, this sentence is
to be executed tomorrow at 12 Oclock near
the Artillery Park 60 Men with Officers from
each Brigade are to attend the execution —

After Orders

The execution of Thomas Roch is Respited
for three days,

Tim : Pickering Adj

GENERAL after Orders October 26^ 1777 —

The Court of enquiry of which Gen! Greene
is President is to sit tomorrow morning at 9
Oclock at the Presidents Quarters to enquire
into the conduct of Majf Gen! Stephens on the
March from the Clove to SkuylkiU falls — In
the action of the 11'.** Sep! last on the Brandy-
wine and more especially in the action of the
4\^^Ins! at and about German Town on which
occasion he is charged with acting unlike an
officer Also into uie charge against him for
drunkinness or drinking so much as to act fre-
quently in a manner unworthy the Character
of an Officer —

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Head Quarters 27^ Oct0\ 1777 —

Maj\ Gen\ for Tomorrno Sullivan

Bri^, Genl Scott

Field Officers Lt Col. Bluford. Lt Col^ Patton

Brigade Maj\ Hitchcock

Field officer for Picquett • the maj\ of Germt Batt^^

SUCH Regimental pay masters as have
not already received the pay for their
Reg? for uie month of august last are
immediately to apply to the paymaster
Gen! for the Same they are also to bring in
their Abstracts for the month of September
and are to take particular notice that all Officers
or men who have or are Missing are to be
made up in the Company Pay Rolls, to the
time they were made prisoners or missing and
no longer — The Paymasters who have already
delivrd their Pay-rolls are to call on the Pay-
master Gen' for the same and regulate them
agreeable to this order — they are also at the
same time to lodge with him lists of the Pris-
oners successing their Ranks —

Head Quarters October 28^ IJJJ —

Maj\ Gen\ Tomorrow Stephens

Brig\ Wayne

Field Officers . Col? Ogden. LT Col? Lytbll

Brigade May, Mcgown

Field Officer for Picquett Maj* Rois

THE Honourable Congress have been
pleas'd to promote Brigadier Gen!
Roberts Howe and Alexander Mc-
Dougall to the Rank of Majf General
in the service of the united States —

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The Ranks of the Comptdns & Subalterns in
Col? Mailons Reg! are to be established as
settled the 19'** Insi by Col* Ogden & Spencer
and Li Col" Brearly. Capl McGown is ap-

Sointed to do the duty of Brigade Majl in the
brigade late De Haas and is to be respected as
such —

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Maj\ General T$m9rr9W Sullivan

Brip, Smallwood

FUld Officers . . . • L? Col? Rhea. Maj« Wbst

Brigade Maj\ Johnston

Fiild Officer f9r Piequett maj? Smith of the S^ Maryland

Rit

THE seamen returnd in Gen! Muhlen-
burg, Weedons, Woodfords, Scotts
2 Maryland and Mcdougals brigades
are to nave by them three days Pro-
vision ready cooked and hold themselves in
readiness to march at the Shortest notice —

Jfter Orders

The Ammunition of each Brigade is to be in-
spected with {sic) delay and reports of the state
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Head QMsrters Ocr, jo* j^^j —

Maj'i Gen', T^morrtw Grbbni

Brigadier Huntington

Field Officers . . L? Col? Stub. Lt Col? Gubr

Brigade Maj\ Day

Field Officer for Piquett . • . . Maj« Haiuier

THE Brigadiers and Officers Com-
manding Brigades are without loss
of time to cause the arms and am-
munition of their men to be put in
the best order If proper care be taken Cart-
ridges that are somewhat damp may be dried
and fitted for use The seamen in the six
Brigades named in yesterdays are to parade
this forenoon at ten oclock in front of Gen'.
Varnums Brigade with every thing belonging
to them, & Provisions Ready to march —
The Execution of Tho. Roch is Respited till
Tomorrow —

Such arms as are loaded and cannot be drawn
are to be discharged under direction of the
Officers, this afternoon at 4 Oclock but no
pains are to be spared to draw all such as will
possably admit of it —
Divers horses and cattle having been brought
off by the detachments under Gen! Mcdugall
which lately crossd the Skuylkill the persons
who had or have them in possession are to
report them immediately to the Q. Master
Gen!

Returns of the sick to go to the Gen! Hospitals
are to be made tomorrow Morning to the Sur-
geon Gen! at Col? Biddies Quarters, a sufficient

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number of camp Kettles are to be sent with
the sick Those persons whose cases are very
bad are to be sent immediately to the Quaquers
meeting house at the 20 Miles Stone on the
North Whales road where the Surgeons of
hospitals will receive them, the arms of the
sick are to be left under care of the Reg5 Qua-
ters Masters who are to deliver them to the
Commissary of Military Stores —
A Few orderly men are to go with the sick to
the Quaker meeting house proportioned to
the number of the sick Whenever a Reg!
marches the Surgeon belonging to it is to
march with it to take care of the wounded
and such as fall sick. —
The Commander in chief approves the sen-
tence of a Gen! Court Martial held the 13^
Ins! of which Coif Broadhead was President
Viz! Col*: Alexander Martin of the 2"* N.
Carolina Battallion arrested for Cowardise was
acquited of the charge he is therefore dis-
charged from his arrest.

Head Quarters Octo\ jj. JJJJ —

Maj\ Get^, for Tomorrow Stephens

Brig^. Conway

Field Officers . . Col? Martin Maj* Bloompibld

Brigade Maj" Pears

F^ Officer for Piequett Maj* Smith

RICHARD PLATT and Ranald
Stephen MCdougall Esq. are ap-
pointed A D S D Camp to Maj!
Gen! MCdougall and are to be re-
spected as such —

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The Deputy Q. Master Genf are to make a re-
turn to the Q Master Gen^ Office of all the
equipage stores Waggons &C in their Respec-
tive divisions — The returns to be made To-
morrow morning o Oclock —
The Commander in chief approves the follow-
ing sentences of a Geni Court Martial of the
brigade of horse held the 24*** Ins! of which
Col? Bland was President Viz! Col? Mayland
charged with disobedience of the orders of
GenrPulaski — A cowardly and ungentleman-
like action in striking ml Fulinski a Gentle-
man and an Officer in the polish service when
disarmd and putting him under euard — and
giving irritating Language to GeniPulaskie —

— The Court were of opinion that Col? May-
Ion was not guilty and therefore Acquit of the
Charge exhibited against him —
Col? Maylon is discharged from his arrest —
Archer Henley a Private of Col? Blands Reg!
charged with Plundering W? Laurence was
found guilty, and sentenced to run the gantlet
through a detachment of 50 of the Brigade of
horse —

Judah Gudley a private in Cap! Tallmages
Troop of Col? Sheldens Reg! charged with ex-
torting money from John Thomson — also
for refusing to give himself up & attempting
to escape from Cap? Richf and Francis Taylor

— and attempting to draw his sword to keep
them off — was found guilty and sentenced
to run the gauntlet through a detachment of
200 men of the Brigade of horse William

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Patterson a private in Coif Sheldons Reg!
Charged with plundering W? Lawrence was
found guilty and sentenced to run the gaunt-
let through a detachment of 50 men of the
Brigade of horse —

Some doubts having arisen with r^rd to
the order of promotions the Commander in
chief thinks it expedient again to declare that
promotions shall be Regimental as high as the
rank of Cap inclusively. — all from that rank
in the line of the State. But nevertheless to
such exceptions as must or unworthiness shall
under Just and proper agreeable to the Gen!
orders formerly isshued at middlebrook on this
head — *

Head Quartirs N^ I'f 17 J J

MajK Gernral Tcmorr^w Sullivan

Brig: Wayne

FiiU Officers . . Col? Lamb. L» Col? Hublt

Brigade Maj: M. Williams

Field Officer fer Piquitt .... Maj« Buckhart

THE Commissarys are directed to
take all the liquors in the hands of
the Sutlers at a reasonable price if
they can agree and if they cannot the
Sutlers are to carry them awav, and no Sutler
shall be allowed to continue m the army after
the 5 Ins! A General Court Martial of which
General Sullivan was president was held the
25? 26'^ 27"* & 30"^ of Octof last for the trial
of General Wayne on the following charge

^ A confused sentence in the original.

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Viz! That he had timely notice of the Enemys
Intention to attack the Troops under his com-
mand on the night of the 20'^ Sep' last and
notwithstanding that Intelligence neglected
making a disposition untill it was too late,
either to annoy the enemy or make a retreat
without the utmost danger and confusion
— upon which the court pronounce their sen-
tence as follows — The court having fully
considered the Charge against B G Wayne
and the evidence produced to them are unani-
mously of opinion that General Wayne is not
guilty of the charge exhibited against him;
but that he on the night of the 20? ult that
is of Sep! last did every thing that could be
expected from an active brave and Vigilent
Officer under the orders he then had. The
court do acquit him with the highest honour.
The Commander in chief approves the Sen-
tence —

The Court Martial of which Coif Bland was
president is disolv'd —

Thenceforward whenever any noncommis-
sioned Officers or Soldiers shall be confin'd
for crimes not triable by a Regimental Court
Martial the Brigadiers or officers commanding
Brigades are without delay to order court
Martials to try them and the sentences of
such court martials they are to approve or
disapprove as to them shall appear just and
cause them to be executed ; except only when
the prisoners are sentenced to suffer death —
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up and bring to Head Quarters any diserters
from the Continental Army the Commander
in chief hereby promises a reward of ten dol-
lars for each diserter so taken and brought in,
besides one shilling a mile for every mile
they travel to be computed from the place
where he is taken, to camp ; this bounty and
privalege to be paid to all noncommissioned
Officers and soldiers, who bring in diserters,
as well as the Inhabitants of the States —
Many reasons have concurd to induce, the com-
mander in chief, to extend mercy to Thomas
Roach Roach (sic) now under sentence of death
for disertion and to grant him his pardon which
is hereby declared. He is to return to his
Corps immediately. The Commander in chief
expecting that by his future good behaviour
he will attone for his past crimes, and shew
himself worthy of this act of clemency —
A detachment of 400 men with a proportion
of Officers are to parade tomorrow morning at
sun rise at the grand parade 30 light dragoons
arc to parade at the same time and place —
Col? Parker L! Coif Nicholas & Majf Mentzes
are the Field Officers to command this party

J/Ur Orders N'1 1 : IJJJ.

The army is to march tomorrow morning at
10 OClock with all the baggage ; the Right
Whing down the Skippack Road, in this order
from the left —

Gen^ Waynb Divifflon
Gbn^ Sullivan
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Park of artillery and waggons of that
Whing in the order of the Divisions —

The left down the Road in which Gcnl
Greene is incamped in this order

GbnV MCdougall
GenV Gre£nb
Gen^ Stephens —

Waggons in the order of the Division's
The left Whing to march by the Right —
The N. Carolina Brigade to march with Gen!
MCdougalls Division and be considered as a
part of it, during the absence of Genl Varnums
Brigade. The norse are to be divided half
marching at the head of each Column —
The leading Divisions will beat a march when
they move to be followed by the other divi-
sions in their order — *
Gen! Irvins Brigade to Follow the Right
Whing and Gen! Smallwoods division the left
Whing —

Head Quarters November 2i IJJJ

Major General Tomorrow Grbenb

Brigadier Irvine

Field Officers . Col : Broadhead. Lt Col. Innes

Field Officer for Picket Major Polk

Brigade Major Mullens

EACH Division is to open a road in-
to the best and nearest Main Road
leading into the Country, by which
the Waggons and Troops may move
with the greatest Ease and Dispatch. The
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commanding Divisions, to see this neces-
sary Work performed — The Waggons arc to
be drawn up regularly in the best order for
moving and every Night the Horses arc to be
tied to the Waggons, and geered every morn-
ing by Day light — The Division and Brigade
Qf Masters arc to be provided Straw for the
troops taking none that is not threshed but
the Men will collect what Leaves they can for
the same End —

The General Court Martial of which Gen!
Sullivan is President is to set Tomorrow at
the Presidents Quarters for the trial of Major
GenI Stephen upon the Charges exhibited
against him. The Delay that may arise from
the Appointment of New Members, and the
Impractacability of changing the Gen! officers
without introducing those who already have
been on the Court of Inquiry relative to the
same Charges renders it necessary that the
Trial should be before the same Court —

Head Quarters November ji ijij

Major Get^. Tomorrow M^ Dougall

Brigadier » Scott

Field Officers • . . Col Marshall. Lt Col? Butler
Field Officer for Picket . Brigade Major M? Gowen

THE Officers and Men are by no
Means to be absent from Camp.
Provisions for to day and Tomorrow
are to be drawn and cooked imme-
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marching at the shortest Notice. The Briga-
diers and Officers commanding Brigades are
without loss of Time to provide themselves
each with a Guide well acquainted with the
neighbouring Country. The Waggons are to
be in the rear of their respective Divisions,
and kept ready to move as directed in Yester-
day's Orders — The Qr Masters are to cause
Necessaries to be made for the Convenience
of each Brigade. The Col? of each Regiment
of Horse is to make a return of the Number
and Condition of his Horses and furniture,
and of the Arms and Accoutriments of his
Men, the returns to be made, and delivered
in Tomorrow forenoon without foil —

Head Quartirs Ncvember 4tb jjjj —

Major Gen! Temorrow Sullivan

Brigad; Woodford

Field Officers . . Col? Hogan. Major Taylor
Brigade Majer Minnis

A GEN?- Court Martial of which Gen!
Sullivan was President was held the
30^ October last and the two fol-
lowing days for the Trial of Bri-
gid! Genl Maxwell in the following Charge
That he was once during the Time he com-
manded the light Troops disguised with
Liquor in such a Manner, as to disqualify
him in some Measure but not fully from
doing his Duty and that once or twice be-
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Liquor, upon which the Court pronounced
Sentence as follows The Court having con-
sidered the Charges and Evidence are of
opinion that Brigad' Gen' Maxwell while he
commanded the light Troops, was not at any
Time disguised with Liquor so as to dis-
qualify him in any Measure from doing his
Duty. They do there fore acquit him of the
Charge against him —

Head Quarters November ^tb lyyj —

Major Genl Tomorrow Grbenb

Brigade Maxwell

Field Officers .... Col. Swift. Major Reed

of HaziH*s Regiment
Brigade Mijor Hitchcock

JL GREEABLE to former orders all
^% Reports of the Guards and scout-
/ ^ ing parties are to be made by the
^ ^^ Officers commanding them to the
Major Geni of the Day who is to report to
the Commander in Chief. Every Regiment
is to go on making Cartridges every day when
the Weather will permit. The Commf of
military Stores is to make a return of the
Cartridges returned to him and of the Regi-
ments by which they were made up —

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Head garters November 6 I777>

Major Gen\ Tomorrow M<^ Dougal

Brigad. Smallwood

Field Officers • . Col? Gunby. Lt Col? Brent
Brigade Major Alden

THE independent Company com-
manded by Captain Joshua Williams
is to be annexed, and to do duty
with the fourth Pennsylvania Regi-
ment till further orders —
All prisoners not being Continental Soldiers
and suspected Persons are to be carried to the
Major Genl of the day to be examined and
dealt with as he shall see fit —
The Colonels or Officers commanding Regi-
ments are to appoint one Officer from each
Regiment to go with four Men to Bethlehem
to get such of their Cloathing as are absolutely
necessary and bring the same in Waggons to
Camp. The W Master Gen* will make the
necessary provision of Waggons for that pur-
pose — Genl Scott Brigadier of the day in the
room of Genl Smallwood on other Duty .

Head Sluarters November 7 JJJJ

Major Genl Tomorrow Sullivan

Brigad Wayne

Field Officers . Col. David Hall. Lt Col. Farmer
Brigade Major Parker

THE independent Company com-
manded by Capt Weaver is to be
annexed to, and do duty with the
loth Pennsylvania Regimt • • till
further orders. A Dispute having arisen

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relative to certain Men enlisted by Ml Nel-
son, now doing Duty in the Seventh Pennsyl-
vania Regiment, a Court of Enquiry is to
examine into the Matter and report their
Opinion whether those Men should remain
as they are, or be transferred to the Ninth
Pennsylvania Regiment for which Regiment
it is said they were enlisted. A field Officer
and Captain from Maxwell's Brigade and one
field Officer from Col** Humptons Brigade are
to compose this Court which is to set To-
morrow Morning at 9 ''Clock at Lieut Coif
Briarley's Quarters who is to be one of the
Members. It is expected by the Commander
in Chief that all Intelligence from the Enemy's
Lines which may come to the knowledge of
any officer and bears the Marks of Authen-
ticity will be immediately communicated to
him or the Major General of the day who will
if the Cause requires it give immediate in-
formation thereof. Officers commanding at
out posts are to receive and detain all passes
which are given merely for the purpose of
passing them lest they should be put to an
improper Use. Since the Genl left German
Town in the Middle of September last he has
been without his baggage and on that account
is unable to receive Company in the Manner
he could wish, he nevertheless desires the
General field Officers, and Brigade Major of
the day to dine with him in future at 3;" Clock.
A detachment of 370 Men properly officcr'd
is to parade Tomorrow Morning at Sun rise

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on the grand parade. Col? Russel^ Lt Col?
Mead, and Major Sill are to command the
Detachment —

Hisd Qusrters November 8 IJIJ —

Msjer Gen\ Temorrew Greens

Brigai. Woodford

Field Officers Lt Col. Davis

Major joth Penn* Regiment
Brigade Major of Scotts Brigade

THE Service requiring that the Men
be ready to march on the shortest
Notice the Officers commanding Bri-
gades and Corps are to be particularly
careful to keep their Men supplied constantly
with two Days Provision on hand — To make
the more despatch in the Trial of Officers
under Arrest origade Gen! Court Martials are
to be held without delay^ for the Trial of all
such Officers as shall apply to the Brigadiers
or officers commanding Brigades for Trial
before those Courts. The Commander in
Chief approves of the Sentence of the Gen!
Court Martial relative to Brigadier Gen! Max-
well — published in Gen! orders of the 4th
Instant, but through Mistake that Approba-
tion was not inserted —

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Htad Quarters Hovember p 1777 —

MaJ9r Gen\ Tamarma Suluvan

Brigad, Maxwbll

Field Officers . Lt Col, Powell. Major Harman
Brigade Majer Day

NICHOLAS VAN CORTLAND
ESQ^ is appointed an Aid D Camp
to • . . Major GenI Sullivan is to be
respected as such . . . Capt Peter
Bryan Bruin is appointed a Vulunteer Aid
D Camp to Major Gen! Sullivan, and is to be
respected as such. One piece of cannon at
Gen! Irvine's Brigade is to be discharged this
afternoon at 4 oClock it being found imprac-
tacable to draw the Charge. All the empty
Waggons or which can be emptied without
great Inconvenience are to be got ready in the
several Brigades and assemble this Day at
such place and Hour as the Forage Master
Gen! shall direct and be disposed of by him.
The Brigadiers and Officers commanding Bri-
gades are with as much Dispatch as possible
to have their Brigades paraded, and from their
own observation take an Account of the Ar-
ticles of Cloathing indispensably necessary for
the Men. Many of the Men mount Guard
daily who — make a very unsoldierlike Ap-
pearance. The Adjutants and Brigade Majors
will be respectably {sic) answerable that hence-
forward they bring no Man to the Parade whose
Appearance is not as decent as his Circum-
stances will permit having his Beard shaved.
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in the best Manner in his Powen Capt Craig
of Col Moylands Regiment with his Party
of Horse has taken Seven British Dragoons —
and Seven Soldiers with their horses. Arms
and Accoutriments the Genl desires Capt
Craig, Capt Lee, and the other officers who
have distinguished themselves will accept his
cordial Thanks for the Enterprize Spirit and
Bravery they have exhibited in harassing and
making Captives of the Enemy, All the
Gen! Officers in Camp are to assemble at lo
fClock Tomorrow Morning at Genl Greene's
to settle the Rations. The Genl Officers will
attend this in preference to any other Duty,
and make Report as soon as they have finished
it. A Detachment of 370 Men are to parade
on the Grand Parade at 3 oClock Tomorrow
Morning with their Arms & Acoutriments,
and one Days Provision cooked. The Brigade
Majors will have their Men turned out and
see that every Thing be in order this After-
noon and parade them Tomorrow Morning
with the greatest Punctuality. Col? Spencer,
Lt Col? Starr and Major Bruster are ap-
pointed to command this Detachment, 24
light Dragoons are to parade at the same
Time and Place —

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Head Quarters November lo IJJJ

M^or Geif. Temerrow Grbenb

Brigadier Smallwood

Field officers • . Col? Clarke. Major Allison
Brigade Major Wiluams

COL^ BRADLEY is appointed Presi-
dent of a Court of Inquiry relative
to the Complaint of Joseph Chambers
against Col? Josiah Parken Lt Col?
Farmer, and one Captain from Genl Weedons
and two from Gen! Muhlenburgs Brigades are
appointed Members of this Court which is
to sit at Col? Bradley's Quarters Tomorrow
Morning at lo oClock —

Head Quarters November ii. I'^JJ

Major Gen\ Tomorrow Lord Stirling

Brigad: ••• Scott

Field officers . • Lt Col? Bvford. Major Byard
Brigade Major M? Gowbn

THE Hon^i* Continental Congress
have passed the following Resolves
which have been transmitted hither
to be made publick in the Army Viz

In Congress November 4 1777

Resolved that his Excellency Governor Cas-
well of North Carolina be requested to erect
a Monument of the Value of 500 Dollars at
the Expetice of the United States in honour
of the Memory of Brigad. Genl Francis Nash
who fell in the Battle of German Town on
the 4 Day October 1777 bravely contending
for the Independence of his Country —
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own Name, and in behalf of the Inhabitants
of the United States be presented to Major
Gen! Gates Commander in Chief of the North-
ern Department to the Major Generals Lin-
coln and Arnold and the rest of the Troops,
and Officers under his Command for their
brave and successful efforts in support of
the Independence of their Country whereby
an Army of the Enemy of Ten Thousand
Men has been entirely defeated, and one
large Detachment of it strongly posted and
entrenched having been conauered at Ben-
nington another repulsed with loss and dis-
grace from Fort Schuyler, and the Main
Army of Six Thousand Men under Lieut.
Gen! Burgoyne after being beaten in different
Actions and driven from a formidable fort
and strong Entrenchment reduced to the
Necessity of surrendering themselves upon
Terms honourable, and advantageous to these
States on the 17th day of October last to
Major Gen! Gates and that a Medal be struck
under the direction of the Board of War in
Commemoration of this great Event and in the
Name of these united States presented by the
President to the Major General Gates —
Resolved that Congress have a high Sense of
the Merit of Col. Green and the Officers and
Men under his Command in the late gallant
defence of the fort at Red Bank on Delaware
River and that an elegant Sword be provided
by the Board of War and presented to Col
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Resolved that Congress have a high Sense of
the Merit of Lt Col? Smith and the Officers
and Men under his Command in their late
gallant defence of fort Mifflin in the River
Delaware and that an elegant Sword be pro-
vided by the Board of War and presented to
Lieut Col? Smith —

Resolved that Congress have a high Sense of
the Merit of Commander Hazlewood the
Commander of the naval force in the River
Delaware in the Service of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, and of the Officers and Men
under his Command in their late gallant de-
fence of their Country against the British Fleet
whereby two of their Men of War were de-
stroyed and four others compelled to retire
and that an el^ant Sword be provided by the
Marine Committee and presented to Commo-
dore Hazlewood. A flag will go to the Enemy
Tomorrow at lo oClock in the forenoon.

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Msjer Geff'. Tomerrew Grbbnb

Brigadier Irvinb

Field Officers • Lt Col? Naglb. Major Sterrbt
Brigade Major Minnii

THE honourable Continental Con-
gress have been pleased to pass the
following Resolve concernmg the
opinion of the Court of Inquiry
published m Gen! orders of the i6th Ultimo
relative to General Sullivan Viz

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In Congress October 20 IJJJ

Resolved that the result of the Court of In-
quiry into the Expedition of Staten Island so
honourable to the Character of GenI Sullivan
is highly pleasing to Congress, and that the
Opinion or the Court be published in Justifica-
tion of the injured Character of that Officer.
It appears that some Regiments are destitute
of necessary Cloathing altho* they have been
supplied with the full Suits allowed bv Con-
gress. This must have arisen at least m part
trom the Inattention of the Officers in not
taking Lists of their Mens Necessaries ex-
amining them weekly agreeable to GenI orders,
and calling Delinquents to a severe Account
for what was missmg. This under our Cir-
cumstances is a Neglect of the worst kind
and most fatal Tendency, and demands a
speedy and effisctual Remedy — And altho
tne Articles delivered the Men beyond the
Stated allowance be charged to them yet in
our Situation this does not lessen the evil
complained of — The Commander in Chief
therefore most seriously and positively re-
quires the officers commanding Companies
after taking exact Lists of their Men's Neces-
saries to examine them critically once a Week
agreeable to GenI Orders formerly issued and
if any Non Commissioned Officer or Soldier
shall sell wilfully destroy or carelesly loose
any of his Necessaries he is to be severely
punished at the Discretion of the Court Mar-
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a Nature the Commander in Chief the Officers
will pay the most exact attention to it and
that the Gent Officer and others commanding
Brigades will see this Order carefully and
regularly complied with. It appears also that
many Men who go into the hospital well clad
are in a manner naked when they get well,
and can not return to their Regiments till
they are new cloathed. To prevent a Con-
tinuance of this Evil, and that the guiltv may
be known and punished, no Men are hence-
forward to be sent to the hospital without lists
of the Company and Regiments they belong
to and of every article of their Cloathing,
these lists to be signed by the Captains or
Officer commanding those Companies, and
transmitted to the Surgeons of the Hospitals
to which the sick are sent. — And if any Men
are sent to the hospitals without such lists,
the Officers sending them shall be punished
for their neglect at the discretion of a Gen!
Court Martial, and for this end the Surgeons
of the hospitals are as soon as possible to
send a Report of such Officers to the Adju-
tant Gen'., and that the Arms and Accoutri-
ments of the sick may not be lost or damaged
they are agreeable to the Gea* Orders lately
issued to be delivered to the regimental Qr
Master and bv them without delay to the
Commf of military Stores and never carried
with the sick to the Hospital — There will be
a discharge of Musauetry this Afternoon at
4 oClock at the Burial of an Officer of Gtn\

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Maxwell's Brigade The flag which was to
have gone in to day will set ofF Tomorrow
Morning at 9 oClock, from the Quarters of
the Commissary General of Prisoners —

Head QuMrters Novimber ijtb ijjj

Major GeH{ Tomorrow Lord Stirling

Brigsd. Woodford —

Fuld Officers . Lt Col? Linlet. Lt Col? Bbarly.
Brigade Major Hitchcock

Head Quarters November 14 jfjj

Major Geif, Tomorrow Grbenb

Brigadier Maxwell

Field Officers . . Lt Col Barber. Major Miller
Brigade Major Mullens

THE Brigadiers and Oflicers command-
ing Brigades who have not completed
their Cloathing Returns according
to the Gen! Orders of the 9th In-
stant are to do it without the smallest delay,
and all the Brigadiers and Oflicers command-
ing Brigades, are to meet together Tomorrow
Morning at 10 oClock at Geni Huntington's
Quarters to compare the Wants of their Bri-
gades and agree on the Manner which the
Cloathing shall be distributed. The Wants
of Col Morgan's Rifle Corps, and others not
included in the Brigade Returns are to be in
like Manner considered. Mf Kemper the
Deputy Cloathier Gen! is to attend the Meet-
ing, and take the direction of the Board for
the present and future Distributions. A con-
siderable Quantity of Cloathing being on hand

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it is of the highest Importance that this order
be executed with the greatest punctuality. An
Officer of the North Carolina Brigade is to be
buried this Evening at 4 oClock with Mili-
tary Honours. The Court of Enquiry held
the nth Instant where of Col. Bradley was
President relative to the Complaint of Mf
Joseph Chambers late Commissary to Gen^
Greene's Division against Col. Josiah Parker
for ordering a Sergeant and file of Men to
whip said Chambers have made the following
Report Viz

As Col. Parker owns the fact the Court after
hearing the Evidence produced by him in his
Defence are unanimously of Opinion that
however negligent the Commf might have
been in the Discharge of the Duty of his De-
partment yet CoL Parker was by no means
warranted to inflict private Punishment upon
him that the Punishment was illegal and his
Conduct highly reprehensible as being subser-
sive of good order and Regularity —

Head QuMrtirs Npvembir ij ijjj —

Majwr Gen^. Tomorrow Lord Stirling

Brigsdier Waynb

Fiiid Officers * Lt Col Gray. Major Slaughter
Brigade Major Alden

HENCEFORWARD and untill
further Orders the Sick are to be
sent to Buckingham Meeting house
with a suitable Number of Orderly
Men to attend them. The Troops are to be

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immediately supplied with two Days Pro-
vision (exclusive of this Day) one of which
at least is to be cooked. No Officer or Sol-
dier is to be absent from Camp but ready for
duty at a Minutes Warning —
No Scouting Party under any pretence what-
ever unless sent for that purpose is to seize
Horses Cattle or other Property belonging to
the Inhabitants, under the plea of taking those
Things within the Enemies Lines great and
enormous Abuses are committed. An In-
fringment therefore or Disobedience of this
Order in either Officer or Soldier will be
punished with the utmost rigour. Complaint
has been made of the irregularity in point of
Time with which the Horse mount Guard.
The Commander in Chief expects they will
parade with more punctuality m future. He
also desires the Colonels of those Regiments
that have more Horses than Men would fur-
nish by Way of Loan the others that are in
Want of Horses that as many Men as Possi-
ble may be mounted, and the Publick not
unnecessarily burthened. —

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Head Quartirs N^vtmber i6 1777 —

Msjor Gift', Tomtrrno Grbbnb

Brigsd, Smallwood

Field Officers . • • Col. Febigar. Major Scull
Brigade Msjer Parker

AS large Quantities of Materials for
Cartridges have been issued and few
Cartrid|[es returned to the Commf
of Military Stores Returns are to
be made Tomorrow Afternoon by each Bri-
gade of the Number of Cartridges in their
Possession. These Returns are to show the
Tumber in each Regiment and how many are
in hands of the Soldiers, and the Residue where
deposited —

Hesd Quarters Nevember 17 1777 —

Majer Gen^, Temerrew Lord Stirling

Brigadier Scott

Field Officers . . Lt Col Pope Major Sedgewick
Brigade Major Scott's Brigade

SOME officers remaining yet untried
and many Prisoners in the Provost,
Brigade Court Martials are to be held
for trying them without delay. No
pass is to be given to any one to go into Phil-
adelphia but by the Major Genl of the Day
who will not grant them without due Exami-
nation, and upon the most reasonable and
necessary Occasions. At the request of CoL
Price a Court of Enquiry into his Conduct
on sundry Occasions is to set Tomorrow
Morning at 10 oClock at the Tavern next to

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CoL Biddle*s Quarters. All Persons who
have any Complaints or objections to make
against him, or know of any thing amiss in his
past Conduct are desired to appear and declare
the same before the said Court —

Head Qndrtirs Nevembir i8 IJJJ —

MaJ9r Geif, Tomomw Grebnb

Brigadier Irvinb

Field Officers . . . Lt Col. Patton N. Carolina

Major Vaughan —
Brigade Mi^er Stoddard

1"^HE Government of the State of
' Pennsylvania having appointed Com-
missioners in each County thereof
to collect Blankets and Cloathing
for the Army all Officers sent round in the
State for that purpose are by their Command-
ing Officers to be called in as soon as possible.
A Detachment equal to the daily Guards are
to parade Tomorrow Morning at half after
3 oClock on the Grand Parade with one davs
Provision cooked The Brigade Majors will
have their Men drawn out at Retreat Beat-
ing to day and see that they are properly
fixed — for the Duty — Col. Hall, Lt Col
Burr, and Maj Adams will Command the
Detachment. — The Remains of the late Capt
Foster of the 15 Virginia Regiment will be
interred this afternoon at 4 oClock with the
honours of War. Richard Claiborne Esq! is
appointed Brigade Major to Gen! Weedon*s
Brigade and is to be obeyed as such —

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Hiad Quarters November ig ^777 —

Major Getf, Ttnorrtm Sullivan

Brigad. Woodford

Field Officers . Lt Col. Woolford Major West
Brigade Major Wiluams — -

THE Pennsylvania field Officers are
desired to bring in their old Com-
missions and receive new ones. All
the Gen! Officers are desired to as-
semble Tomorrow Morning at lo oClock at
Gen! Huntington's Quarters in order to settle
the Rank of the field Officers of Horse who
are to attend this Board of Gen! Officers and
exhibit their respective Claims. All Arms
unfit for Service which are deposited in the
several Regiments and Corps are to be sent
to the Comm' of Military Stores who will
send them to be repaired —

Head Quarters November 20 1777 •

Major Gen^, Tomorrow Lord Stirling

Brig^. Maxwell

Field Officers • . Lt Col Richeson Major Hogg
Brigade Major M<^ Gowsn

LT JOHN MARSHALL is by the
Judge Advocate appointed Deputy
Judge Advocate in the Army of the
United States and is to be respected
as such — James Monroe Esquire formerly
appointed an additional Aid de Camp to Majf
Gen! Lord Stirling is now appointed Aid de
Camp to his Lordship in the room of Major
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such — The Cioathier Gen! received about 400
Blankets the Several Brigades are to send for
their Quota of them. Before the sick are
moved Application is always to be made to
Doctor Cochran or other Director of the
hospitals for directions unless the Places where
have been previously pointed out in Genl Or-
ders. No more Sick are to be sent to Buck-
ingham Meeting House. A Serjeant and 12
Orderly Men are to be sent to Buckingham
Meeting House to take Care of the Sick.
The Seijeant and these Men are to parade
at Doctor Cochran's Quarters at M' Wests
House at 4 oCIock this Afternoon and apply
to him for Orders. A. Gen! Court Martial
of which Majf Gen! Sullivan was President
held on the 3*^ Instant and on divers Days to
the 17th Ins! — inclusively for the Trial of
Maj' Gen! Stephen charged with i? Unofficer-
like Behaviour on the March from the Clove
2f Unofficerlike Behaviour in the Actions of
Brandywine and German Town 3? Drunk-
eness. The Court declare their opinion and
sentence as follows : The Court having con-
sidered the Charge against Majf Gen! Stephen
are of opinion that he is guilty of Unofficer
like Behaviour in the retreat from German
Town owing to Inattention or Want of Judg-
ment and that he has been frequently intoxi-
cated since in the Service to the Prejudice of
good Order and Military Discipline contrary
to the 5*? Article of the i8th Section of the
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dismissed the Service. The Court find him
not guilty of any other Crimes he was charged
with and therefore acquit him as to all others
except the two before mentioned. The Com-
mander in Chief approves the Sentence

Hiad Quarters November 21 1777

Majer Gef^, Tomorrow Sullivan

Brigadier Wayne

Field Officers . . . Lt Col. Burr Major Adams
Brigade Major Hitchcock

THOSE Paymasters of Regiments
who have drawn Pay for any officers
or Men in Col Morgans Rifle Corps
are immediately to pay the same
over to the Paymaster of that Corps. A De-
tachment of 80 Men with proper Officers are
to parade this Day at 3 oClock in the After-
noon on the Grand Parade. Complaint is
made that by the Carelessness of the Butchers
the hides are greatly damaged in taking them
off. The issuing Commissaries are enjoined
duly to inspect the Butchers they employ and
see that they take off the Hides witn proper
Care. No Women coming out of Philadelphia
are to be permitted to pass the first Guards
without being (informed) they cannot return
again if upon being informed of this they
chuse to come out they are to be allowed to
pass the Guards into the Country. The Gen-
eral of Horse will give this Charge to all
the Parties and Patrols of Horse — The
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the Picket keep Fires by them, this dangerous
practice is absolutely forbidden, and all Officers
of Guards^ are without fail to visit their Sen-
tries between every Relief to see that they are
alert and keep no fires and in cold and bad
weather they are to relieve the Sentries every
Hour — They are also to see that the Sentries
are well informed of their Duty and to in-
struct such as are Deficient —

Head Quartirs Novimber 22* 1777 —

MaJ0r Gmf. Tomorrow • • • • • Lord Stuilino

Brigadier Smallwood

Fiild Officers • • Lt Col Fort Major Lockhart
Brigade Major Barber

THE Genl Court Martial of the Line
of which Col Grayson was President
is to set Tomorrow Morning at 9
oClock at the house where Genl
Huntington Quartered for the Trial of all
Prisoners which shall be brought before them.
An Orderly Serjeant from each Brigade is to
attend the Court. Lt Col. Heth, Lt CoK
Becker and Major Mentges and a Captain
from each Brigade are to compose the Mem-
bers of the Court. All the Gen! Ofiicers in
Camp are desired to meet at Lord Stirlings
Quarters Tomorrow Morning at 10 oClock
to settle the Rank of the field Officers of
Horse who are to attend and exhibit their
respective Claims. The Brigades commanded
by Generals Patterson and Learned are to

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form one division under Major Gen! the Baron
De Kalb. The horse taken Yesterday by the
scouting Party commanded by Col? Bopst
assisted by a Party of light Horse are all to
be brought to the Quarter Master Generals
Quarters Tomorrow Morning at Ten oClock
and sold at publick Vendue the Produce of
the Sail is immediately to be divided by the
Quarter Master General between the Captors.

Afitr Orders

The Commander in Chief offers a Reward of
lo dollars to any Person who shall by 9
oClock on Monday Morning produce the
best Substitute for Shoes made out of raw
hides. The Commf of Hides is to furnish
the hides and the Maj' Gen! of the Day is to
Judge of the Essays and assign the Reward to
the best Artist. Col Martin of North Caro-
lina having resigned his Commission the
oldest Officer of that Corps now present will
command it — The Troops arrived from the
Northward are immediately to have their Car-
touch Box filled with Cartridges. The whole
Army to have their Ammunition in such
Readiness so as to be completed to 40 Rounds
at a Moments Warning where they have
Waggons to keep that Quantity secure from
the Weather and Oflicers and Men are to be
in Camp that they may be ready to act on the
shortest Notice

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Head Quarters November 2 J 1777

Brigadier Tomorrow Muhlenburg

Brigade Major Minnis

Field Officer . . . from Gen^ Weedon's Brigade

AN Orderly Seijeant from each Bri-
gade to attend daily at head Quarters
the Returns ordered Yesterday to
be made as soon as possible the
Arms to be put in the best order, and a Re-
turn to be made of the Number of Tents now
in possession — Major Gen! Greene has been
pleased to approve the following Sentences of
a Gen' Court Martial held the 22^ Instant
whereof Col OIney was President. Thomas
Graves, Michael Ruther and Jacob Anthony
charged with Desertion was found guilty and
Sentenced to receive icx) Lashes. The Com-
manding officer of Regiments of which the
Persons belong are to cause the above Sen-
tences to be immediately executed —

Head Quarters November 24 1777 —

Brigadier Tomorrow Weedon

Brigade Major Claiborne —

Field Officer from Varnum's Brigade

MAJ BOWMAN is to take Com-
mand of the Artillery and all Re-
turns from the different Companies
and from the Conductors of Mili-
tary Stores to be made to him — A Reserve
to the Guards consisting of 100 Men properly
officer'd under the Command of the Major of

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the Pickets are to be posted at the Quaker
Meeting House who are to reinforce and sup-
port any of the Guards that should at any
Time be attacked — the Returns ordered the
day before Yesterday to be made immediately
— All Officers who have Continental or Im-
pressed horses are to make Returns to the
Q M General. The Detachment of Col
Foremen's Regim^. to be added to Gen! Var-
num's Brigade. Mr Charles Lyne is appointed
to act as principal Commf for this Department
untill one shall be appointed by Col Stewart,
and the different Commys are to take Notice
accordingly. A Serjeant from the Gen! Staff
Department is daily to call at orderly Time
at the D A. Generals office, that all Delays
may be avoided as much as possible and
every order immediately executed —

After Orders

All the Troops to hold themselves in Readi-
ness to march by Seven oClock Tomorrow
Morning

Head Quarters November 2^ t???'^

The Order of Yesterday for marching at 7
oClock is countermanded three Days Pro-
vision is immediately to be drawn and cooked
and the Troops to hold themselves in Readi-
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After Orders

All the spare Stores belonging to the Q. M.
Gen- Department are to be delivered up to
the D Q. M. Genl The D. Comm'^ Gen" of
Issues is as soon as possible to enquire into
the State of the Stores of his Department and
take Care that a sufficient quantity of Provision
is always in hand. The Conductor is to make
his Return of the Military Stores in his Pos-
session to Maj Bowman of the Artillery.
Doctor Tenny of Col. Angel's Battalion in
Gen! Yarnum's Brigade is appointed to act
as Surgeon Gen! to this Army untill one shall
be properly authorised by Doctor Cockran —
Returns of the Sick are to be made to him
and fit Places provided for their Reception.
The Surgeons are to apply to Doctor Tenny
for Sulphur for their Regiments. A Return
of the Bakers in the Army to be made as soon
as possible —

The following is the Order of Battle Gen! Yar-
num's and Gen! Huntington's Bri^des form
the right Wing. Gen! Varnum's Brigade on
the right of the Wing. Huntington's on the
left. The right Wmg to be Commanded
by Gen! Yarnum. Gen! Muhlenburg and
Gen! Weedon's Brigade form the left Wing
Gen! Muhlenburg's Brigade the left of the
left Wing and Gen! Weedon's the right of
the left Wing. Gen! Muhlenburg commands
the left Wing. Gen! Glovers Brigade forms the
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Militia forms upon the right flank. CoL
Ellis's Militia and Morgan's Corps covers
the left flank. — In posting the Officers of the
Regiments the Officers are to be posted with
their Men without regard to Rank, there
being great Inconveniency resulting in Ac-
tion by the Officers being removed rrom their
own Men In marching to Action the Bri-
gades are to march in regimental Columns.
The Officers leading the Regimental Columns
are to take special Care in advancing that they
preserve their proper Distance from each other
so as to be able to form the line if necessary.
A Comp^ to be detached as an advanced Guard
to the neads of the Columns — The Reserves
to the Wings to march in Columns in the
rear of the Centre of each Brigade and to be
in Readiness to Join for the Support of either
Brigades, or to act Seperately for the Support
of the Brigades, from which they were de-
tached. The second Line to march in Regi-
menl Columns in the rear of the Centre of the
first Line about 400 Yards ready to support
any part that should be hard pressed — The
Artillery to be immediately under the Direc-
tion of the Commanding Officers of the Bri-
gades to march and take post where they
direct The Militia and light Troops are to
endeavour to gain the flanks of the Enemy,
but more especially to prevent them from
gaining ours —

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Head Quarters November 26 IJJJ —

The tents to be struck Waggons loaded, and
the Brigade to be in Readiness to march at
Ten oClock. The Waggon Masters to see
that the Waggons be ready to take the Bag-
gage belonging to the Troops —

Head Quarters November 28 1777 —

Such of the Troops as are not already pro-
vided with cooked Provisions for Tomorrow
are to draw and cook it this Night. At Day-
Break a Cannon will be fired as a Signal for
the whole Army to parade ready to march.
When the whole are compleately formed they
are to ground their Arms but be ready to
take them up again at a Minutes Warning, if
it should ram or snow the Men are not to
parade —

Head Quarters November zp 1777 —

A Gill of Rum or Whiskey to be issued to
Day to each officer. Soldier and Waggoner.

Head Quarters November 30 1777

Major Genl Greene

BrigadUr Smallwood

Field Officers • Col. Courtland Major Smith.
Brigade Major Learneos Brigade

ON the 25 November the Honble
Continental Congress passed the
following Resolves. Viz Resolved
that Gen! Washington be directed
to publish in Gen! Orders, that Congress will

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speedily take into Consideration the Merits
of such Officers who have distinguished them-
selves by their Intrepidity and attention to
the health and Discipline of their Men, and
adopt such R^ulations as shall tend to intro-
duce Order and good Discipline into the
Army, and to render the Situation of the
Officers and Soldiers with respect to their
cloathing and other Necessaries more eligible
than it has hitherto been — For as much as it
is the indispensable duty of all Men to adore
the Superintending Providence of Almighty
God to acknowledge with Gratitude their Ofan
ligations to him for Benefits received and to
implore such further Blessings as they stand
in need of and it having pleased him in his
abundant Goodness and Mercy not only to
continue to us the innumerable Bounties of
his common Providence, but also to smile
upon us in the Prosecution of a Just and
necessary War for the Defence of our Inval-
uable Rights and Liberties, It is therefore
recommended by Congress that Thursday the
1 8 December next be set apart for solemn
thanksgiving and praise that at one Time and
with one Voice, the good People may express
the grateful Feelings of their Hearts and
consecrate themselves to the Service of their
divine Benefactor, and that together with their
sincere Acknowledgments and Offerings they
may Join a penitent Confession of their Sins,
and Supplications for such further Blessings
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Eroperly notice this Recommendation that the
>ay of Thanksgiving may be duly observed
in the Army agreeable to the Intentions of
Congress — The regimental Pay Masters are
to call upon the Pay M : Genl Tomorrow and
receive ray for the Month of September.
Those who have lodged their Abstracts for
the Month of October may receive for that
Month also —

Head Quarters December i 7777 —

Major Gen'. Temorrew Lord SnitLnfo

Brigadier Irvinb

Field officers . • Col. Wilson Lt. Col. Stoddard
B Major M? Gowin

M? ROBERT DUNCAN is ap-
pointed Pay Master to the 4th
North Carolina and is to be re-
spected as such. A Gen! Court
Martial is to sit Tomorrow Morning at 9
oClock at the Tavern near Col. Biddies
Quarters for the Trial of ail prisoners brought
before them. Col. Ogden is appointed presi-
dent of this Court, Lt Col Simms Major
Wallace — Major North and a Captain from
the iV and 2** Pennsylvania Maxwell's Con-
ways Woodfords Scotts, Poors, Pattersons and
Larnards Brigades are to be Members of this
Court. The Officers are to make out their
Muster rolls to December i- the term of
Time which the Men enlisted for is to be
inserted in every Muster Roll. The non

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Effectives IS not to be inserted a Second Time.
Officers must pay strict Attention to the Or-
ders which have been Issued with respect to
this part of their Duty —

Head Quarters December 2* 1777 —

Major Gen\ J^cmffrrota . . • . Baron De Kalb

Brigad. . • Muhlenburg

Field Officers . Col. Broadford Major Thomas.
B. Major Hitchcock

RETURNS are to be made early To-
morrow Morning of all officers and
Men in the several Brigades and
Corps who have not had the Small
pox — Every officer commanding Corps or
Regiments is to make an immediate Return
to the Pay M. Genl of every Pay Master that
has belonged to or done Duty as such in any
Regiment or Corps their Place of Abode
and the Time when they left the Service —

After Orders

Whenever the Alarm is given by the firing of
three Cannon the whole Baggage and Pro-
vision of the Army Tents included is to be
put into the Waggons and marched off the
following Roads, the right Wing of both
lines by the North Wales Road, and the
Road by Edges Mill, and to proceed to the
24 Mile Stone on those Roads ; unless further
Orders are received, the left Wing of both
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old York Road at the 13 and 15 Mile Stones
and proceed on to the 24 Mile Stone, untill
further Orders. Whether the Alarm Guns
are fired or not the whole Army is to be
under Arms at their respective posts at Day
Light Tomorrow Morning, and the Lines
properly formed by the Major General in
their respective Commands —

Not more than one Man to be sent of with each
Waggon, and those the most unfit for Duty
among the Troops : Each Regiment is to be
told off into Grand and Sub Divisions, and
the oflicers posted as much as possible among
their own Men, those Men whose Ammuni-
tion is not compleated to 40 Rounds are to
be furnished as early as possible in the Morn-
ing after they are formed with that Quantity —

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Hedd Quarters December 3 lyyy —

Maj9r Geff. Tomorrow Sullivan

Brigad. Weedon

Field officers . . Col. Livingston's Major Wills
B. Major Minnis —

AGEN? Court Martial whereof Col
Grasol was President held the 26.
27. 28. and 29 November last.
Major Howard appeared before
the Court charged i* with wounding Capt
Lieut Duffy with his Sword 2? Abetting a riot
in Camp and 3!^ in front of his Men at his

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request assembled attempting the Life of Capt
DufFey with a loaded firelock and fixed Bayo-
net being utterly subversive of good Order
and Disapline. The Court having considered
the Charge and Evidence are of Opinion that
Major Howard did not intentionally wound
Capt Duffy, and therefore acquit him of the
Charge. Upon the Second Charge they are of
Opinion however Justifiable the Motives were
bv which Major Howard was first actuated
his Conduct in that End was such as tended
rather to promote than supress a riot they
therefore Sentence him to be reprimanded in
Genl Orders with Respect to the 3? Charge
the Court are of Opinion that it is not sup-

Eorted by Evidence and do therefore acquit
im, Capt DufFy appeared, before the Court
charged i? aiding and abetting a Riot.
2i assaulting and abusing Major Howard in
the Execution of his office the Court having
considered the first Charge and Evidence are
of Opinion that Capt DuflFy behaved with
Warmth that tended to produce a Riot and do
Sentence him to be reprimanded in General
Orders — Upon the 2. Charge they are of
Opinion that Majl Howard when Capt Duffy
struck him had deviated from the Line of his
Duty and consequently was not in the Execu-
tion of his Office they do therefore acc|uit him
of the 2? Charge — the above Opinions are
approved by the Comm! in Chief the Sentences
of Reprimands appear to be pronounced with
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unbecoming the Character of Officers whose
Duty it is to set Examples of Moderation,
Decency, and Order, and to suppress all Riots
and Tumults. The Officer and Men of the
Company raised by the late
Capt Calderwood are to be annexed to Capt
Nevenis's Company in Col? Malcom's R^-
ment —

Head QuMrtirs Deambir 4 ijjy —

Major Geif, Tomorrow •......• Greene

BrigMd Woodford

Fiild Officers .... Col. Tvfpbr Major Reed
Brig Major Stoddard

THE Troops are constantly to have
one Days Provision on hand ready
cooked, the Officers are to pay a par-
ticular Attention to this and con-
sider it as a standing Rule that if they are
suddenly called to Arms their Men may not
be distressed — Major General Marquis De La
Fyette is to take the Command or the Divi-
sion lately commanded by General Stephen —

Head Quarters December 5 J///.

Major Gen', Tomorrow Lord Stirlino

Brigad Maxwell

Field Officers • Lt Col? Farmer Major Howard
B Major Claiborne.

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Head Quartirs Deamher 6 1777

Mmjot Girnral Tom^rrcv Db Kalb

Brigad Huntington

Fiild offiars . Col Wigolbsworth Lt Col Naglb
B Major Nunn —

THE Commr Genl says he has put
Six Days Provision into the hands
of the Division and Brigade Comm''!
if therefore the Troops want Provi-
sion it must be the fault of the latter, and this
Want will be attended with such pernicious
Consequences that no Excuse will be admitted
in behalf of any Commf who fails of daily sup-
plying his Division or Brigade but a severe
Example will be made of him — The troops
are to ground their Arms at their Alarm Posts
and as soon as possible draw and cook their
Provision for to Day and Tomorrow, and
immediately set about making the best Pro-
vision they can of Wood and Hutts for to
Night. The Officers commanding Brigades
and Corps are again called upon to oring Back
from the baggage sent off Yesterday every
Man who has Cloathing and Shoes sufficient
to enable him to do duty and to prevent
the Stroling and loss of Men the Commandg
officer of every Corps is to see that the Rolls
are called every two {sic) and know where
every Man is — The Q M G. has Axes to
supply such Brigades as want them the Bri-

fade Q Masters and all td whom any are
ssued are to be accountable respectively to
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Those Regiments who have not Provision
agreeable to G. O are to draw and cook it this
Night. The R^ments are to form an Ab-
bette in their fronts with Brush immediately
when this is done they may return to their
old Ground and on any Alarm to return to
their Posts with all Expedition —

December 8tb ijj^ —

A Return of the Effectives and non Effectives
in each Regiment to be made this day also a
Return of the Names and dates of the Com-
missions of each field officer in the Brigade.
A Brigade Court Martial is to set this Day
for the trial of such Prisoners as shall be
brought before them Major Alexander is ap-
pointed President of this Court. i Captains
from 13 Pennsylvania 2 from 2? Virginia and
2 from loth Virginia Regiments Members the
Court to set at the Presidents Quarters. All
Witnesses to attend, those Regiments who have
Prisoners that may properly come before this
Court are to send them at the Time appointed —

Head Quarters December p 7777.
Major Gen[ Tomorrow .... Lord Stirlino.

Brigad Poor

Field Officers . I/r Col Ramsey Major Stubblepield
B Major Barber —

THE Tents are on the Skepack Road
and so many are to be sent for and
pitched as are necessary for Officers
and Men that have not Hutts that
will keep themselves and their Arms dry.

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but the Geni earnestly recommends that no
more Tents be pitched than are necessary to
shelter the Troops, Neither Officers nor
Men are to be absent from Camp on any pre-
tence whatsoever A Capt and 2 Subalterns are
wanting for the Corps of Invalids Commanded
by Col Lewis Nichola — Officers disabled so
as to be unfit for field Duty who are desirous
of engaging in that Service upon being properly
recommended will receive Commissions thereof
— the Genl Court Martial of which Col Ogden
is President is to set at the usual place at 9
oClock Tomorrow Morning. If any Members
are Sick or absent the Brigade Majors are to
warn other Officers of the same Rank in their
Stead. An Orderly Serjet. from each Divi-
sion is to attend the Court. An Orderly Serj!
from each Brigade is to attend constantly at
Head Quarters. Brigade Returns are to be
made to the Adjutant Gen! Tomorrow Morn-
ing at 9 oClock of all the Sick in Camp and
in private houses — about the Country and
the Number of Waggons necessary to trans-
port them to the Hospitals, but the Surgeons
are to return none for Waggons that are able
to march when their packs are carried for
them otherwise from the scarcity of Waggons
some of the Sick will be left in Camp, each
Brigadier or Officer commanding a Brigade
is to see that the Surgeons duly comply with
this order. When those Returns are made
the Surgeons will apply to Doctor M"" Knight
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careful Officer from each Brigade is to be sent
with the Sick to see them properly taken Care
of on the Way to the Hospitals. Three Days
provision are to be sent with the Sick. Each
Officer commanding a Brigade is to make a
return Tomorrow at orderly Time of their
killed wounded and missing since General
Howe's late March from Philadelphia and of
any during that Time lost of that Sence of
Duty have infamously deserted their Names
are to be added to the same Returns —

The following Sentences of a Brigade Court
Martial are approved by Brigade Gen! Wee-
don, and are to be put in Execution forth-
with Serjeant Talbot John Consolven and
Micajah Sim's privates of 6th Virginia Regi-
ment charged with Neglect of duty and loos-
ing their Arms Ammunition and Accoutrements
Seijt Talbot to be reprimanded in presence
of the Raiment to which he belongs and
Consolven and Sims to be reprimanded by
their Captains. A Court of Inquiry to set
Tomorrow Morning at lo oClock to inquire
into a Charge of M' Mead's against Capt
Conaway Lt Maury and Ensign Merewether
for abusing and insulting him in his Quarters.
Col Stephens is appointed president of this
Court 2 Capts from Pennf State Regiment
one from 2. Virg* one from 6th Ditto one
from loth Ditto one from 14th ditto The
Court is to set where the President shall ap-
point. All Evidences to attend the Court —

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Head Quarters December lo Ijyjf —

Majer Gen\ Tomorrew . • . Marquis Db La Ftetti

Brigad Waynb

Field Officers . • . Major Murray Major Btaro
Brigade Major Stoddard «

Head Quarters December 12 1777 —

Majer Gen[ Tomorrew Sullivan

Brigad Muhlenburg

Field Officers Col. Lamb Major Scull

Brig Major Williams —

A CAREFUL Subaltern from each
Brigade to repair this Day to the
last Encampment of the Army to
collect and take Care of the Sick
and conduct them to Reading These officers
are to apply to the Regimental Surgeons for
Information where to find the Sick of their
Regiments, every Motive of Duty and human-
ity requires the most exact Attention to this
order. Doctor Draper and Carnel at M' Wiatts
will give Assistance to these Subalterns The
Commf in Chief with pleasure expresses his
Approbation of the Benaviour of the Pennf
Militia Yesterday under Gen! Potter in the
vigorous Opposition they made tb a body of
the Enemy on the other Side Schuylkill.
Daniel Climer is appointed D Comm^ of
Prisoners to act in the Absence of the Comm''
of Prisoners —

A Detachment of one Sub: i Serjeant 15
Privates to parade immediately and return

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to the Camp at the White Marsh where it is
supposed Several of the Men have returned
to, he will take Care to bring up all Straglers
as well of other Brigades as nis own that may
be on the Road or in Camp. The Rolls of
the different Companies must be called over
every three hours, and the Officers are desired
to see none of their Company absent at any
Time

Head Quarters December 13 lyj^y

Major Gen I Tomorrow Greene

Brigad Wbedon

Field Officers . . . Col Fbbeger Major Miller
B Major M* Clure —

THE Officers are without delay to
examine the Arms and Accoutre-
ments of their Men and see that
they are put in good order Provisions
for Tomorrow and the next Day are to be
drawn and cooked. A Gill of Whiskey is to
be served to each Officer Soldier and Waggoner.
The Weather being likely to be fair the Tents
are not to be pitched out the Axes in the
Wagons are to be sent for without delay
that the Men may make fires and hutt them-
selves for the ensuing Night. The Army is
to be in Readiness to march at 4 oClock To-
morrow Morning. An officer from each Regi-
ment to be sent to the Encampment on the
other Side Schuylkill to search that and the
Houses and bring on all Straglers to their
Corps — All the Waggons that arc not yet

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over are to be sent for and got over as Soon
as possible. Mf Archf Reed is appointed Pay
Master to the 8 Pennsylvania Regiment and
is to be respected as Such, the Guards to
parade at the Gulph Mill at 3 oClock this
Afternoon — The Weekly Returns to be given
in at 8 oClock Tomorrow Morning, and a
list of the Commissioned Officers of each
Regiment —

Head Quarters December 14 ijjy —

Major Geff, Tomorrow Lord SmtLiNG

Brigai Woodford

Field Officers • . • Col Bigoelow Lt Col Reed
B Major M' Clintock

TH E Regiments of horse are to draw
provision of any Comm'' lodging
most convenient to them upon
proper Returns therefor Such of the
B^^^gc AS are not absolutely necessary for
the Troops and all the Commf and other
Stores are to remain on this Side the Gulph —

Head Qjaarters December 75 I'jfyj

Major Geif. Tomorrow Ds La Fyettb

Brigad Maxwell

Field Officers . • Col Swift Lt Col Weisenpels
B Major • Larnards B —

AFIELD officer of each Brigade is to
inspect immediately all the Men of
his Brigade now with the Waggons
and take to their Brigades every
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Maj! Snead is to take charge of the Men till
further orders — after this remaining with the
Baggage Guards and report any who are left
with the Baggage contrary to this Order —

Head Quarters December i6 Z/// —

Majer GenK Tomerrno Db Kalb

Brigade Varnum

Field Officers • . Lt Col Brooks Major GiLUAii
Brigade Major M9 Gowan

IN aid of the Supplies of Cloathing im-
ported by Congress they earnestly recom-
mended to the Several States to exert
their utmost Endeavour to procure all
kinds of Cloathing for the Comfortable Sub-
sistence of the Officers & Soldiers of their
respective Battalions and to appoint one or
more Persons to dispose of such Articles to the
officers and Soldiers at such reasonable prices
as shall be assessed by the Cloathier Gen! or
his Deputy, and be in Just proportion to
the Wages of the officers and Soldiers charg-
ing the Surplus of the Cost to the United
States. Congress have also resolved that all
the Cloathing hereafter to be supplied to the
officers and Soldiers of the Continental Army
out of the publick Stores of the United States
beyond the bounty already granted shall be
charged at the like Prices the Surplus to be
defrayed by the United States

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HiMd Qusrters December tj 7777 —

Maj9r Gen^, Tom$rroto Suluvan

BrigMd Huntington

Field Officers • Col Chambers Lt Col Carlton
Brig Major Day —

THE Comm!in Chief with the highest
satisfaction expresses his thanks to
the Officers and Soldiers for the forti-
tude and patience with which they
have sustained the fatigues of the Campaign.
Altho' in some Instances we unfortunately
failed upon the whole Heaven hath smiled
upon our Arms, and crowned them with sig-
nal success and we may upon the best Ground
conclude that by a Spirited continuance of the
Measures necessary for our defence we shall
finally obtain the end of our War for Inde-
pendence Liberty and peace, these are Bless-
mg worth contending for at every hazard but
we hazard nothing the power of America
alone duly executed would have nothing to
dread from the force of Britain, but we stand
not wholy upon our own Ground France
yields us every Aid we ask, and there are
Reasons to believe the Period is not very
distant when she will take a more active part
by declaring War against the British Crown
every Motive therefore urges nay commands
us to a firm and manly perseverance in our
Opposition to our cruel Oppressors to slight
Difficulties endure hardships, and contemn
every Danger the Gen! wisnes it was in his
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Winter Quarters but where are those to be
found should we retire into the interior parts
of the Country we should find them crowded
with virtuous Citizens who sacraficing their
all have left Philadelphia and fled hither for
Protection to this distress Humanity forbids
to add this is not all we should leave a vast
Extent of fertile Country to be dispoiled of
and ravaged by the Enemy from which they
would draw vast Supplies and where many of
our firm friends would be exposed to all the
miseries of the most insulting and wanton
Depredations. A Train of Evils might be
Innumerated but those will sufice these Con-
siderations make it Indispensable necessary
for the army to take such a position we must
make ourselves the best shelter in our power
with activity and diligence Hutts may be
erected that will be warm and dry In these
the Troops Compliate {sic) more secure against
surprises than if m a divided State and at hand
to protect the Country, these urgent Reasons
have Determined the Gen! to take post in the
neighbourhood of the Camp & Innuenced by
them he persuades himself that the Officers
and Soldiers with one heart and one mind
will Resolve to surmount every difficulty with
the Fortitude and patience becoming their pro-
fession and the Sacred Cause in which they
are engaged — He himself will share in the
Hardships and partake of every inconvenience,
tomorrow being set apart by the Hon**!* Con-
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Duty calling us Devoutly to Express our
grateful acknowledgments to God for the
manyfold blessings he has granted us. the
Genf begs that the army remain in its pres!
Quarters and that the Chaplains perform Di-
vine Service with their several Corps and
Brigades and earnestly exhorts all Officers
and Soldiers whosoever is not Indispensable
necessary to attend with Reverence of the
Day

Head QgMrtirs Deambir ig^ 1777*

Mi^or Gei^, f$r Ttmtrrota • Marquis La Fatsttb

BrigddUr Woodford

Fiild OjffUers . . Colonel Green. Major Fish
BrigMdi Maj$r Parker

HiMd Quartirs December 2&^ ^777*

ParoU Hflirer Hill^ Coimtersign Concord Cambridge.

Major GeiA fir tim$rr9W • • . • Lord Stiruno

Brtgadiir . • Weedon

FUld Officers . LT Col9 Butler* LT Col? Davis
Brigade Maj$r Minnis

THE Guards to parade near the Park.
Gen! Mf Intosh is appointed to the
Command of the North Carolina
Brigade. The Major Gen! accom-
panied by me Ingenieurs are to view the
Ground attentively and fix upon the proper
spott for hutting so as to render the Camp
as strong & inaccessible as possible, the En-
genieurs after this are to mark the ground out
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Superintend the Building for each Brigade
where they are to be placed. The Soldiers
in cutting their fire wood are to Save such
parts of each Tree as will do for building
Reserving sixteen and i8 feet of the Trunk
for Logs to Rear their Huts with in doing
this esLOi Reg! is to reap the benefit of its own
Labour — All those who in consequence of
the orders of the i8? Instant have turned
their thoughts to an easy and expeditious
manner of Covering their Huts are requested
to Communicate their plans to Majr Gen! Sul-
livan, Greene or Lord Sterling who will cause
experiments to be made and assign the prof-
fered reward to the best projector — The Q :
M : G : is to delay no time but use his ut-
most exertion to procure large Quantities of
Straw Either for Covering the Huts if it
should be found necessary or for beds for the
soldiers. He is to assure the farmers that un-
less they get their Grain thresh'd out I me-
diately the Straw will be taken with the Grain
in it and paid for as Straw only — The Q:
M : Gen! is to collect as soon as possible all
the Tents not now used by the Troops as
soon as they are Hutted all the residue of the
Tents & have them wash'd and dried & laid
up in store such as are good for the next
Campaign the others for tne use which shall
be directed the whole and be carefully pre-
served. The Col? and Officers Commanding
Regiments are imediately to make return
to the Q M Gen! of every Tent belonging to

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their Reg? the Army being come to a fix'd
Station The Brigadiers and Officers Com-
manding Brigades are imediately to take
effectual measures to collect and bring to Camp
all the Officers and Soldiers scattered about
the Country all the Officers are enjoined to
see that their men do not wantonly or Need-
lessly burn and destroy rails and never to fire
their sheds or huts when they leave them.

Head Quarters December 2V} IJJJ*

The Gen! Congratulates the Army on the ar-
rival of French Ship at Portsmouth with 40
Brass Cannon 4 pounders Carriage Compleat
19 Nine Inch mortars 500 Nine inch Bombs
acxx)^'' of Balls Intrenching Tools 4120 Stands
of Arms a Quantity of powder 61061 lb* of
Sulpher.

Head Quarters Valley Forge December 22i 1777*

Major General of the day Green

Brigadier Vernuii

Field Officers . . LT Col? Henry. Major Ledger
Brigade Major M^ Clurb

AT a Gen! Court Martial whereof
Colonel Grayson was presid! held
the 30? of November last Captf
Dufay was tried on the Charge of
breaking his arrest. The Court having duly
weighed the Evidence and the circumstances
of the Case are of opinion that Capt? Dufoy
did breake his arrest by going 6 miles from
Camp without leave from the Commanding

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Officer of the R^ and fell under the penalty
of the 20*? of the 14*? Section of the articles of
War, but as it is not in point of profF that he
did this in order to avoid a Trial or screene
himself from Justice and it appearing in Evi-
dence that he is an excellent Officer and has
rose from a private Soldier to his present
Rank by merit alone The Court do in the
strongest terms unanimously recommend him
to his Excellency's Clemency — The Com-
mander in Chief aproves the following sen-
tence of a Gen! Court Martial whereof Col?
Grayson was President held the 2? instant
Viz! Cape Veal of the 2I* Carolina Battalion
charged first with Cowardice at the Battle at
German Town 2V with not taking his post
when ordered was found guilty of the i? Charge
and his Crime Name place of abode and pun-
ishment be published in the News paper in
and about that particular State from which
he Came ; and that it shall be deemed scanda-
lous for any Officer to associate with him.
the Court accjuit the Cap* Veal of the 2? Charge.
Captf Granvill of the 3. Carolina Reg! Charged
with first neglecting his Duty and Command
21** with misdemeanous unbecoming an Officer
was acquitted with both Charges the Q M G :
will Issue paper and Canteens tomorrow morn-
ing at 9 o'clock at the Adjud! Gen! Quarters.
The Good of the Service Requiring at this
time the attention of Officers and Soldiers to
Duty; The Gen! orders that no Furloughs
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from himself, nor to those below that Rank
but from the Major Gen^ or Officers Com-
manding Divisions they belong to. Non
Com5 Officers and Soldiers may be furloughed
by their respective Brigadiers or Officers Com-
manding Brigades, but the General doth in
the most express and positive Terms Injoine
the Major Gen^ and Brigadiers to grant fur-
loughs only in case of absolute necessity and
even then to have proper Regard to State of
the Reg! and Company before given — All
Furloughs to Officers are to be registered by
the Adjud" of Reg? and those to Non-Comissf
Officers and Soldiers by the Commanding
Officers of the Company they belong to or
they will not be deemed valid. The strictest
punctuality in returning at the expiration of
their Furloughs will be required of all those
that attain them. Major Gen! Sulivan hav-
ing obligingly undertaken the Direction of a
Bridge to be built over the Schuylkill is to be
excused from the common duties of the Camp.
The old and new Field Officers of the day
are to be punctual as to time in their attend-
ance at the mounting of the Picquets that the
Duty may go on Regularly and the men not
be detained on the parade. It is expressly
ordered that the Officers and Men who go on
Picquet to take their provisions with them as
none will be allowed to come off to get any.
As the proper arming of the Officers would
add considerable to the army and the Officers
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armed in time of Action. The General orders
every one to provide himself with a half pike
or Spear as soon as possible Fire arms when
made use of with drawing their attention too
much from their men and to be without either
has a very awkward and unofficer like appear-
ance, that those half pikes may be of one
length and uniformely made the Brigadiers
are to meet at Gen'. Maxwells Quarters to-
morrow morning at lo oClock and direct their
size and form. The Quart! mastf Geni is to
provide a number of Pails that every Hutt
may have one. Every Soldier found discharg-
ing his Musket without Leave and in an
irregular manner is to receive 20 Lashes im-
mediately upon the Spot.

Head Quarters Valley Forge December 2^ 1777-

Major Gef^, for tomorrow . • Marquis La Faybttb
Brigadier Poor

Field Officers • . . Col? Bruer. Major Titcomb
Brigade Major MS Cuntock

TJ""^^VERY Regiment is to draw pro-
B J vision to compleat their rations for
1 1 tomorrow and the whole army being
M ^ ftiiplipH up to that time, the Issuing

Commissaries are then to make returns to the

Commissary Gen! of Issues of all the provision

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Head Quarters Valley Forge December 5jrt* ^777*

Parole Springfield Countersign Windsor, Hartford.

Major Gen^, De Kalb

Brigadier Patterson

Field Officers LT Col? Faxton. Lt Col? Ballard
Brigade Major Learned

EACH Brigade is to detach an active
careful Subaltern and 12 Men who
with an Assistant Comissary are to
go to such places as the Comissary
Gen! or his Assistant at Camp shall direct for
the purpose of collecting Flour, Grain, Cattle,
or Pork for the army. Such men are to be
collected as are able of Body & Know how
to thrash. Major Miller is to take the Com-
mand of this party and see them duly em-
ployed for the purpose above mentioned, the
men are to take their Arms Blankets and
necessaries with them and to parade tomorrow
mornf at 9 o'Clock at the black Bull. 3
^%g%^ Waggons for each Brigade are to be
unloaded and parade at the same time and
place and to go with the Detachment, A Gill
of Whiskey or Rum a man to be Issued to
all the non Comiss5 Officers and Soldiers.
Very correct returns are to be made ime-
diately of every Corps in the Army to be
Transmitted to their respective States to enable
them on the measures best adopted to com-
pleat their Corps to their Establishment. Of
the Nine Virginia Regiments Reinlisted are
to be particularly specefied and in the New
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are to be distinguished from the Rest* Com-
plaint hath been made of divers Soldiers some
on horse back have been a plundering the In-
habitants this probably arises at least in part
from the Rolls not being Regularly called and
absentees Duly noticed the Gen! therefore Re-
quires that this be constantly done in future
and if any Soldier is Cought Riding on a
Waggon or other Horse in or out of Camp
is to be severly punished. Gen! Huntington
is to send Immediately a Captf Subaltern, &
40 men of his Brigade as a Picket to Fat Land
Ford and relieve tomorrow.

Head Qtutrtirs Vallij Fcrgi Dor, 26^ 1777

Major GetA Grben

Brigadier Scott

Field Officers Lt Col? Dawson. Major Burkhard
Brigade Major Day

GENERAL Court Martial is to sit
at the House of Wilsey Bodies near
the Provost at nine oClock this
morning for the tryal of all prisoners
that shall be brought before them. Coif
Seamms is appointed President of this Court
a Captf from Muhlenburgs, second Pennsyl-
vania, Glovers, Huntingtons & Mf Intosas
Brigades and a Sub : from Weedon's, Scott's,
I?? Pensylvania Learned's & Vernum's Bri-
gades will constitute the members of the Court
an orderly Serjeant from each Brigade giving
a Cap! will give an orderly Serj! to attend said
Court. Henry Mf Cormick Esqf is appointed

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Brigade Major to the Pensylvania Brigade
Pro: Tempore, and is to be respected as
such. It is with in expressable Grief and In-
dignation that the General has received In-
formation of the Cruel outrages and Robberies
Lately committed by Soldiers on the other
side Schuylkill Was we in the Enemy's
Country such practices would be unwarrant-
able, but committed against our friends are
in the highest degree Base Cruel and Injurious
to the Cause in which we are engaged they
demand therefore and shall receive the severest
punishment such crimes have brought reproach
upon the Army and every Officer and Soldier
Suffers by the practices of such villains, and it
is the Interest of every honest Man to detect
them and prevent a repedition of such Crimes,
the General earnestly desires the Gen! Officers
and those Commanding Corps to represent to
their men the Cruelty, Baseness and Wicked-
ness of such practices and the injury they do
the Army and the Common cause and still
further to prevent the Commission of those
Crimes the Gen! Positively orders i!f that no
Officer under the degree of a Field Officer or
Officer Commands a Reg! give passes to non
Comission5 officers or Soldiers under any pre-
tence whatever 2°.'* that no non Comiss? Officer
or Soldier have with him any arms unless on
duty 3? that every Non Comissioned Officer
or Soldier caught without the Limits of the
Camp not having such passes or with his Arms
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the Roll of each Company be called frequently
& evening at different times between the hours
of 8 and lo o'Clock all the Mens Quarters to
be visited by such Officers as the Brigadier or
Officer Commanding Corps shall appoint, and
all absentees are to be exemplary punished
5^ that as some of Villains complained off
have been found mounted on Waggon horses.
Every Waggon Mastf and Conductor of
Waggons are Constantly to be near his Charge
and frequently and particularly every evening
and morning to inspect his Waggons and
horses &f that Neither they nor their Waggon's,
and if a Waggoner or any of his Horses are
missing and not on Duty here to be con-
fined and punished. Complaints having been
made by tne Surgeon's of Hospitals that the
Sick are often sent to him without a List re-
quired by Gen! Orders Issued the I2*? Nov-
ember, to them orders all Officers are refer'd
for Directions in this Point and of the dis-
position of the arms of the sick, it appears
also that many men who go into the Hospitals
well clad are in a manner naked when they
get well and cannot return to their Regiment
till new Cloathed to prevent a Continuance
of this evil that those guilty may be known
and punished. No Man hence froward are to
be sent to the Hospitals without a List of the
Regiment and Company they belong to and of
every Article of their Cloathing those Lists
signed by the Captain or Officer Commanding
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the Hospital to which the Sick are sent with-
out such Lists the Officer sending them shall
be punished with neglect at the discretion of
a Gen! Court Martial and for this and the
Surgeons of the Hospitals are as soon as possi-
ble to send a report of that Officer to the Adjud^
General and that the arms and accoutrements
of such sick may not be Lost or damaged they
agreeably to the Gen'f Orders lately Issued to
be delivered to the Regimental Ql Masters
and by them without delay to the Comissf of
Military Stores and never carried with the
sick to the Hospital. 3 Field Officers are to
go down immediately and take command of
CO men each sent of in the Night of the 22?
Instant the whole are to be under the Com-
mand of Col? Morgan U Coif Heath, L! Col?
Davison and Major Hull are appointed to
this Duty.

Head Quarters Valley Forge December ^7? I'^J'^

Major GenK of the day . . Marquis Db La Fayettb

Brigadier M9 Intosh

Field officers . . L7Col?Vo8t. LtCol? MaLON
Brigade Major Whxiams

ETAIL the same as yesterdays M!
Burment at present Quarter Mastf
is appointed pay Master of the
I* Reg! of Light Dragoons and to
be respected as such, Mf John Hughes Q : M :
Serj! to sixth Troop is appointed Q! Mf to the
same Reg! in the room of Qf M! Green and
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to draw provision for tomorrow. Notwith-
standing the orders repeatedly given of calling
the absent Officers to Camp The Commander
in Chief is informed that many are Still scat-
tered about in the Country mispending their
time to the prejudice of the Service and In-
jury to those Officers who remain and attend
their duty in Camp he therefore directs the
Brigadiers and Officers Commanding Brigades
forthwith to make strict inquiry concerning all
the Officers absent from their Brigades and
such as are absent without Leave from proper
authority or having had such Leave remain
unecessarily absent are to be immediately
Notified to return to Camp without delay, on
pain of being suspended or Cashier'd, Each
Brigade Q : M : to make Return this after-
noon to the Q : M : Genl of the Number of
Officers hutts necessary for their Brigades ac-
cording to the Regulations and Genl orders*

Head Quarters V: F: December 28^ ^777'

Major GenKfor tomorrow De Kalb

Brigadier Muhlenberg

Field officers • . . L. Col? Bassett. Major Peters
Brigade Major Minnd

All the Troops are to draw and Cook Pro-
vision for tomorrow.

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Hiad Quarters V: F: Decemvir 2g^ ^777*
Par§li Germantown C$untersign Concord^ Charlestown.

Major Gin\ for tomorrow Green

Brigadier Varnum

Field Officers , • . Col? Angle, Major Porter
Brigade Major Claybornb

DETAILS the same as yesterday Ex-
cept Patterson's Brigade who fur-
nishes a Captain in the room of
Weedon*s, The Commander in
Chief earnestly exhorts the Officers of every
rank to use their utmost Exertions to have
their Hutts compleated as soon as possible,
that the Troops may get comfortably Lodged,
he also directs a Gill of Spirits to be served
this afternoon to each non Comiss? Officer or
Soldier, and as Officers may find it difficult
and expensive to procure Spirits for their
own use he authorizes those of every Regi-
ment to depute and send one of their own
Corps in to this or the neighbouring States
to purchase such Spirits and other articles for
their accomodation in Camp as they shall find
convenient for their own use only. The Re-
turns which were called for the o,^ Instant
was Intended to pass through the hands of
the Commander in Chief to be by him Trans-
mitted to their respective States where the
Troops were raised those who have feiled
making such returns to the Adjud! Gen! are
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Head Quarters V: F: Dicmber jo? 1777*

Pargli Retdmg Ctuntersign Richmond^ Trentoil»

Major Gif^. for tomorrow .... Lord Stbrlino

Brigadier Huntingtok

Field Officers . L^ Col? Ltitle. LT Col? Brant
Brigade M? Coriaick

GREAT number of Prisoners are now
in the Provost suffering severely
from the severity of the season.
Brigade Gen! Court Martials are to
be appointed tomorrow and sit every day 'till
all the men that belong to their Respective
Brigades are tried, a Flag will go into Phila-
delphia to morrow morning any person want-
ing to Send any thing to the prisoners must
apply to the Comissary Genl of Prisoners at
the Cloathier's Store.

Head Quarters V: F : December jj^ 1777*

Major Gei^. for tomorrow • Marquis Db La Fayettb

Brigadier Poor

Field officers . . . Col? Duncan. Major Ryon
Brigade Major M? Gowbn

DETAILS the Same as yesterday
only Poors furnishes a Captain in-
stead of Glovers. In order to pro-
cure a certain supply of shoes for
the Troops The respective Brigadiers and
Officers Commanding Brigades are as soon as
possible to see Mf Ewing Commissary Gen', of
hides and agree with him on some mode of
furnishing hides to be exchanged by them or
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their Brigades. Frequent Complaints having
been made by the Inhabitants of their Forrage
being taken without leaving them a reasonable
share for the subsistence of their families, and
that they are often insulted and abused, in
future no person is to take forrage except the
Forrage Master who are to give Receipts for
the same and where a protection is given by
the Commissary GenI of forage they are to
take no more from the Person who has it.
Except by Special order from Him for the
purpose, any Insults or abuse to the In-
habitants, will be punished with the utmost
severity

Head Quarters V: F: January 2i 1778.

Parole Southampton Countersign Bristol^ Burlington.

Major Getf.for tomorrow Green

Brigadier M? Intosh

Field Officers • Col? Bradley, Major Cogswell
- Brigade Major Bailey

THE Commander in Chief to pre-
vent the unecessary application for
Furloughs informs the Officers that
none will be granted by him, unless
the Officer who applies produces a Certificate
from the Major Gen! to which they belong
that the State of the Reg! will admit of their
absence from Camp and it is expected that the
Majors Gen*! will duly inform themselves of
the State of the Reg? previous to their giving
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be granted without injuring the Service and
in determining this they will consider how very
expedient it is that Officers remain in Camp
when strong necessity does not demand their
absence, to Improve themselves and their
Corps in a sistem of discipline as may be
prescribed and which the Quit & a fix'd Camp
will afford them opportunity to practice, all
the Cartridges in the Mens hands are to be
collected Immediately and delivered to the
Regimental Q' M", except those which are
regularly placed in their Cartridge Boxes which
Boxes are to be compleatly filled The Regi-
mental Qf M? are to deliver all the spare Car-
tridges to the persons appointed by the Major
Geirf of the several Divisions to receive them
and the Major Gen^ will immediately appoint
persons for that purpose, who are to apply to
the Commissary Gen! of Stores for paper and
to cause all the good Cartridges to be packed
in bundles and the damaged ones to be de-
livered to the Comissary. The Brigadiers
and Officers Commanding Independant Bri-
gades are to make a like appointment for
their Brigades. Every monday morning the
Regimental Surgeons are to make Returns
to the Surgeon Gen! or in his absence to one of
the Senior Surgeons, present in Camp of all
the sick in Camp or otherwise under the Im-
mediate care of the Regimental Surgeons
specifying the mens names Comp! Reg? and
disseases*

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Head Quarters V: F: January j*} IJjS,
Parele Relster Countersign Salcm» Amboy.

Majer Geff. for tomorrow Db Kalb

Brigadier Patterson

Field Officers . • . Col? Spbncbr. Major Polk
Brigade Major M9 Clurb

AS this day b^ns the New Year the
General orders a Gill of Spirits to
be delivered to each non Commissi
Officer and Soldier and the Irregular
and partial distribution of this article has been
a great deal complained o£F he orders that no
Spirits be Issued to any part of the Troops
in future but in consequence of a Genl or
Special order from Head Quarters. A Devia-
tion from this will be at the risque and peril
of the Issuing Commissary. The Command-
ing Officers of each Regiment to give in a
return at orderly time tomorrow of the number
of Taylors in their Regiments he Commands
and no new Cloathing to be made for the use
of any Ree! but by a pattern which will be
furnished mem. Col? Cook is appointed pre-
side in room of Col? Scambil.

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Head Quarters V: F: January ji lyyS.

Major General for tomorrow . • . Lord Sterling

Brigadier . . Scott

Field Officers . Col? Cumstock. Major Braddish
Brigade Maj', M? Cuntock

AT a General Court Martial held the
28^ Ultimo. Whereof Col? Scam-
mel was president, Capt? Courtly
of Artillery appeared before the
Court, Charged with leaving his Hoitz in the
Field in the action of Brandywine in a cow-
ardly unsoldierly like manner, the Court hav-
ing considered the Charge and Evidence are
ot opinion that Capt' Courtly is Guilty of
the chaise exhibited against him and do Sen-
tence him as he has ever suported the Char-
acter of a brave man to be reprimanded by
Gen! Knox in presence of all the Artillery
Officers. The Commander in Chief is in-
duced from a state of all the evidence to dis-
aprove the Sentence and orders Capt? Courtly
to be dischatged from his arrest without Cen-
sure. The Commander in Chief aproves the
sentence of the same G! Court Martial held
the 27*? Ultimo to wit / Ensign Carpenter
chained with absenting himself without leave
from Camp knowing that the Regiment was
to go imediately into Action, is found guilty
and sentenced to be cashiered, the sentence to
be put in execution forthwith. John Mf Clure
tried for suttling in Camp contrary to Gen! or-
ders pleads guilty, the Court are of opinion
that his suffering in the Provost have sufi-

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tientlv punished him for his Crime do direct
that he be discharged from thence.

The Honourable the Continental Congress
have resolved that the Commander in Chief
be directed to inform and he doth hereby In-
form the brave Officers and Soldiers of the
Continental Army now in Camp that as the
Situation of the enemy has rendered it neces-
sary to take post in a part of a Country not
provided with houses. In Consequence thereof
to reside in Huts. Congress aproving of their
soldier like patience, fidelity. Zeal in the cause
of their Country, Directs one month extraor-
dinary pay to be given to each, & that Con-
gress are exerting themselves to remedy the
inconvenience which the Army has experienced
from the defects of the Commissary and
Cloathier's Departments that after the i? day
of January instant the Comisary Gen! of pur-
chase is from time to time to compute the
Cost of each part of a Ration agreeable to
Prime Cost of the Several articles composing
the same, and by this estimate the Issuing
Commissary are to govern themselves instead
of the mode of the 38* article of the Com-
missary's Regulations passed by Congress the
I o*? of June last — and further that the Gen!
should recommend and he doth strongly
recommend to the Officers of the Army to
draw such a part of their Rations only as may
be necessary for their respective subsistance
and to receive their residue in money at the
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arising from the present defitiencies in the
Comissary's Department shall be removed —
The Second Brigade of Lord Sterling's Divi-
sion have permission to discharge their Arms
tomorrow morning at Roll Call.

Head Quarters V: F: JanMMry ^ 1778.

Parole Litchfield CetmtersigH New H«yen» Norwich.

Major General for tomorrow . Marquis La Fayettb

Brigadier Varnum

Field Officers • Major Allison. Major Taylor
Brigade Major Learned

AS fast as the men go into Hutts the
Tents are immediately returned to
the Q' Mr Genl The Command-
ing Officers of Reg? are to see this
put in execution. The Brigadiers will pay
proper attention to it and Officers of Com-

Eanies will be answerable for those which have
een delivered to them. The Commander in
Chief is thus pointed because he is informed
that Some Tents have been cut up by the
Soldiers and disposed off and because all the
Tents which now are good and can be re-
paired Will be indispensable necessary the
next Campaign, as fast as the Tents come
into the Q! M,\ Gen!! hands he is to have them
wash'd thoroughly repaired and stored making
a return of the whole and the Quality of them.
By order of Congress no Officer is allowed to
hold two Commissions in the Army The
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ments are to pay strict attention to this order
in making out their Muster Rolls A General
Court Martial of the Line to sit tomorrow
morning at 9 oClock at the Bakehouse for
the tryal of all Prisoners that shall be brought
before them. Col? Swift is president a Captf
from each Brigade, those of Gen! Wayne ex-
cepted, will Constitute the Members of said
Court, an orderly Serj! from each Division is
to attend the Court.

Head Quarters V: F: January ^} ^77^'

A Gen. Court Martial held the i*^ Instant
whereof Col? Sambre was presid! Appeared
Dunham Ford Commissary in Gen! Green's
Division Charged with Theft The Court
having consider'd the Charge and Evidence
are of opinion that Dunham Ford is guilty
of the Charge exhibited against him and do
Sentence him to pay Mf Spencer & M! Hota-
well aoo dollars and that after he shall procure
a Certificate from the aforesaid Gen! of the
payment of the above Sum, he be brought
from the Provost Guard mounted on a horse
back foremost without a Saddle, his Coat
turn'd wrong side out his hands tied behind
him & be drum'd out of the Army (Never
more to return) by all the Drums in the
Division to which he belongs and that the
above sentence be published in the News
papers. The Commander in Chief approves
the Sentence and orders it put in Execution.

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The Officers Commanding Corps which fur-
nished Seamen to the Galleys in Delaware are
to make inquiry and Report to the Adjud!
Genl whether they have join'd their Corps or
not again. The Commissaries are without
delay to provide Soap to be Issued to the
Troops. Soft soap is to be procured if hard
cannot be obtained. „ „ Pur-
suant to a resolve of Congress of the i?
Instant the Commanding Officers of the Con-
tinental Regiments now in Camp are required
to make immediately exact Returns of the
Officers and Soldiers in their respective R^-
ments to the Pay Master thereof to prevent
any imposition in the Payment of the one
month pay extraordinary which Congress in
their resolve of the a6^ December last have
ordered to be given to the brave Officers and
Soldiers of the Continental Army on account
of their Soldiery patience and fidelity and Zeal
in Hutting &f as expressed in said Resolve.
The daily Guards are to parade in the morn-
ing precisely at 9 oClock of which the Officers
ofthe Day Brigade Majors will duly Notice.
Sergeant for Court Martial from JSradfords.

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Head Quarters Valley ¥: JanMory d? 177S.

Major Get^.for temorrew Grbbn

Brigadier , Poor

Field officers . . . • Col? Gray. Maj? Varnum
Brigade M^er Alden

THE difficulty of procurring Forage
for such Horses as must necessarily
be detained for the Common pur-
poses of the Camp, obliges the Com-
mander in Chief to call upon the Gen! Officers
and Commanding Officers of Regiments to
see that no Officer under their Respective
Command (except those who are allowed For-
rage of Congress and even to them it is
recommended to part with their Horses if
they can) does under any pretence whatever
keep a horse in Camp the plea of doing it at
their own expence will not be admitted, as the
Evil will not thereby be remedied, a strict
compliance of this order is expected from
every Officer — The Quartf Mf Genl is with-
out delay to send for the Iron Ovens pro-
vided by My Erskin and deliver one to each
Brigade, he will know at Head Quarters
where they now lay. The General in riding
through the Encampment observing that many
Hutts were Covered with Tents. Whilst
Chimney's were building to others again re-
peats his orders to have the Tents delivered
up the moment the Hutts are or can be com-
pleated, to the doing of which he will only
allow this week and he expects from the Gen!
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second Line that they will put this into a
Train of executions and see that the order is
complied with, the Spirits which the Com-
mander in Chief ordered to be seized may be
delivered by the Comissary to the Officers in
due proportion. Coif Dewees who is nearly
ruin'a by the Enemy, Complains that the
ruins of his buildings are likely to be destroyed
by this Army. The Commander in Chief
positively forbids the least injury to be done
to the Walls and Chimneys of Col? Dewee's
buildings and as divers Iron plates have been
taken irom them, The Commanding Officers
of Corps are Immediately to inspect all the
Hutts of their Regiments and make Returns
to the Qf M! Geni of all they can find and the
names of the persons in whose possession they
are found that they may be restored when
demanded.

The Regimental Surgeons are immediately
to make returns to Doctor Cochran Surgeon
Geni of all the men in their Regiments, who
have not had the small Pox, they will also
call on Doctor Cochran for what sulpher they
need for the use of their Regiment

At a Gen! Court Martial held the second
instant in Gen! Vernums Brigade of which
Major Ward was president. Ensign Ben-
jamin Arnold of Col? Angels Reg! Charged
with getting drunk and behaving in a dis-
orderly unsoldier like manner in Camp on
the 6^ of December, with refusing to retire to
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sending him for answer that he would go
when he pleased and not before, & also with
refusing to do his duty when regularly wam'd
and threatning to leave the Service, whether
he could a discharge or not, on the 24'.*" of the
Month was tried and adjudged Guilty of the
whole, and by the Court unanimously sen-
tenced to be Cashiered with Infamy, to be
rendered ever hereafter incapable of holding
a Commission in the Continental Service, and
that it shall be accounted scandalous for an
Officer to hold friendly Correspondence with
him. — The Commander in Chief approves
the Sentence and orders it to be executed. —
At a Gen! Court Martial held in Gen!
Weedon's Brigade on the 4*^ Instant thereof
Coif Symn's was president. John Reely a
Soldier in the if Virginia Reg! Charged with
deserting from the Guard and taking with him
two prisoners in Irons was tried and found
guilty of the Crime wherewith he was chained
and therefore sentenced to suffer death. The
Commander in Chief approves the Sentence
and orders it to be put in Execution next
fry day at 10 oClock forenoon near the grand
parade.

January 7* Jr77*.

Commanding officers of Companies are de-
sired to make out a List of y? names of all the
men that have deserted that belonged to their
respective Companies and give them in to the
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every day a Regiment! Officer of the Day
whose business it will be to visit the Huts
morning and Evening and make the Soldiers
keep them clean and in good order as also to
see that the Camp is kept clean and that the
Quarter Guard keeps in good order.

Head Quarters V: F: January 7? 1778.

Miqor Geif, tomorrow Lord Stbruno

Brigadier Patterson

Field Officers . . LT Col? Starr. Major Mbntzbs
Brigade Major Minnu

FOUR days fresh Provision is to be
Issued forthwith. The Qf M[ GJ is
to apply to the Adjud! Gen. for a
fatigue party to cause all dead horses
in and about tne Camp and all Offids to
be buried after which each Deputy Q : M : is
to See this regularly performed once a week
in & near their own Divisions, The Officers
Commanding Divisions are required to know
this order executed. — The D : C : Genl de-
sires those Brigade Q; M: and Officers
who lately drew the Cloathing at White
Marsh for their Brigades and have not yet
given in their Regimental Receipts for their

Eroportion to produce them immediately to him
e also reauests all persons having private Ac-
counts with him to Call and settle tne same

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Hidd Quartirs V: F: Janusry <J* 177S.
Parole Newark, Counttrstgn Woodbridge, Cktthtm,

Major Gin', for tomorrow . Marquis La Faybtti

Brigadier M9 Intosh

Field Officers . ' Col? Grayson. Major Aldridgb
Brigade Maj'. Claybornb

THE Commander in Chief is informed
that (ramins is again creeping into
the Army in a mc^e especial manner
among thd Lower Staff in the En-
virons of the Camp he therefore in the most
solemn terms declares that this Vice in either
Officer or Soldier shall not when detected
escape exemplary punishm! and to avoid dis-
crimination between play and gaming forbids
Cards and Dice under any pretence whatever.
Being also informed many men are rendered
unfit for duty by the Itch, He orders and
directs the Regimental Surgeons to look atten-
tively into this matter and as soon as the men
who are affected with this disorder are properly
disposed in Hutts to have them anointed for
it. All Issuing Commissaries are carefully to
save all the horns of Cattle, and have them
seperated from the Bones and then returned
to the Qf M' Gen! who is to store them — a
Detachment of a Captain and 40 men from
each Brigade are to attend the execution of
John Reeley on the Grand parade to morrow
forenoon. John Berrin Esqf is appointed
Brigade Major to the North Carolina brigade
and is to be respected as such. At a General

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Court Martial held the 5^ instant in Gen! Muh-
lenberg's Brigade of which Lieut? Col? Ball was
president Ensign Cock of the i^ V? Reginlent
charged with denying upoh Oath wliat hk
formerly and has since said he knew respect-
ing Captf Crumps behaviour thereby acting
inconsistantly with Honour and truth, was
tried and found guilty of the charge and by
the Unanimous opinion of the Court sentenced
to be discharged from the Service. The Com-
mander in Chief approves the Sentence and
orders it to be put in execution forthwith. —
The Brigades may receive their Quota of Nails
at the Ql Ml Gen*f Store — Each Brigade is to
make a return of armurers therein to the Ad-
judant Gen! A Flagg to go into Philadel-
phia tomorrow morning at 9 oClock from the
Quarters of the Commissary Gen"! of Prison-
ers. The Spirits mentioned in the orders of
the 6^ Instant, have not yet come into the
Commissary's hands, the Waggon's sent for
that purpose being imployed by Genl Small-
wood, Notice will oe given when they arrive.

January *? 777*.

At a Brigade Gen! Court Martial whereof
Coif Syme was President appeared Timothy
Driskill of the a? Regf Charged with attempt-
ing to desert to the enemy found guilty of the
Charge and Sentenced to receive 100 Lashes.
The Gen! approves the sentence and orders it
to be put in execution forthwith

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Hidd QusTters F: F: January 9** 17'fS.

Major Giif, tomorrow Db Kalb

Brigadiir Maxwell

Field offv . . Lt Col? Prentice. Maj« Sunnbr
Brigadi Maj\ M9 Cormick

THE Fatigue to parade to morrow
at 8 o'clock at Fatland ford, the
Execution of John Reiley is respited
till tomorrow 8 'oClock in the fore-
noon when the detachments from the several
Brigades are to attend on the grand Parade.
Some doubts having arisen with respect to the
manner in which the Pay rolls for the one
month extraordinary pay should be made up.
The proceedings therein to be stay'd 'till fur-
ther orders, the order of yesterday for returns
for Armourers was intended to include all the
gunsmiths in the respective Brigades. Those
returns are to be made tomorrow at orderly
time. The R Paymasters are to bring their ahn
stracts for the month Nov! for Examination.
The Majf Gen! & Brigadiers or Officers Com-
manding the Brigades of each Division are to
fix on some suitable place near their respective
Brigades where Hospitals may be errected one
for the Sick in each Brigade, and as soon as the
men can possibly be sparred {sic) from hutting
they are to errect those Hospitals, the Officers
who shall be Appf to superintend the Work
will receive Directions therefore at the Adjud!
Gen*f Office. The B : Q : M? are as soon as
possible to make racks of all the Horses of
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The GenI is Informed that many Officers are
frequently passing out of Camp without leave
that practice is absolutely forbidden and no
Officer is to go beyond the Limits of the
Camp without written Licence from the Majf
Gen! or Brigadier of the Division or Brigade
to which he Belongs.

Head Quarters V: F : January lo^ 1778.

Major Gen', tomorrow .•....• Green

Brigadier Wbbdon

Field Officers . • . Col? Hublst. Major Hair
Brigade Major M^ Gowen

THE Issuing Commissary's are hereby
authorized to furnish die Gen! and
other Officers of the Army with small
proportionable Quantities of Spirits
upon their orders whenever it can be spared
of which he is to keep a regular account and
Settle with them for it at reasonable prices.
All the Tin Cannisters that have been issued
to the Troops are to be returned forthwith to
the Commissary of Military Stores, Who is
to enter the number received from each Corps
and Brigade.

Head Quarters V: F: January 11^ 177S*

Major Gerf tomorrow Lord Stirling

Brigadier Woodford

Field Officers • . . Major Spencer. Major Hay
Brigade Major M9 Clure

So many days provision are to be Issued to
the Troops tomorrow Morning as will com-
pleate them to Wednesday next inclusively.

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Head Quarters V: F: January J2^ ^77S*

Major Giif, tomorrow . . • Marquis La Fayettb

Brigadier Scott

Field Officers . • Col?? Shriver. Major Farnold
Brigade Maj\ Bailey

THE detachments Ordered to Re-
lieve Col? Morgan and take post at
the Gulph Mill, are to be on the
grand parade tomorrow morning and
ready to march at Sun rise, with their pro-
vision compleated to next Wednesday in-
clusively.

The Commissary Gen! to keep Account of the
number of Cattle Issued to the Army that
the number of hides may be assertained and
duly accounted for to the Commissary of hides.
The Brigade Commissaries are to apply forth-
with to t^eir Brigadiers or Officers Command-
ing Brigades and with their approbation fix
upon a place for Collecting all the dirty Tallow
and savmg the Ashes for the purpose of mak-
ing soft soap for the use of the Army, also
for imploying proper persons to boile the
Oyle out of the Catties feet and preserve it
for the use of the Army. This Oile is to be
put in Casks and delivered to the Q! M:
Gen! The Brigade Q! Masters are to see that
the orders of the g^ instant for building
racks for the horses be properly complied with
and that the Waggon Masters pay proper
attention to the Horses, and that every Sol-
dier caught on horse back be immediately
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Hesd Quarters V: F: jMUuary 7jl* 177B.

Major Git^, tomorrow Ds Kalb

Brigadier Vernum

Field Officers . . LT Col?. Burr. Major Nichols
Brigade Maj\ M? Clinton

THE Honourable the Congress hav-
ing been pleased to call Coif Picker-
ing to a seat at the Board of war,
have appointed Col? Scammell Ad-
judant Gen. in his room, who is to be obeyed
and respected as such. Officers Commanding
Guards are to give the Countersigns to the
Picquets as soon as it is dark. — The Com-
mander in Chief is surprised to hear that the
Butchers have extorted money from the Sol-
diers for the plucks of Beef The Commissa-
ries are therefore directed to Issue the plucks
and heads together for 8 pounds, and the
Quarter Masters are to see that the different
Companies draw it by turn. The Flying
Hospital Hutts are to be 15 feet wide and 25
long in the clear and the story at least 9 feet
high to be covered with boards or Shingles
only without any dirt, Windows made on each
side and a Chimney at one end. Two Such
Hospitals are to be made for each Brigade
at or near the Center and if the ground per-
mits of it not more than 100 yards distance
from the Brigade.

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Head Quarters V: Fs January 14^ 177 S.

Major Gen[ tomorrow Green

Brigadier Huntington

Field Officers . . Col? Bvcur. Col? Bradford
Brigade M'i Learned

THE Cloathier has some Stockings
suitable for Officers at reasonable
prices.
The Brigade Majors will deliver a
List of the Field Officers in the Several Bri-
gades tomorrow at orderly time.

Head Quarters F: F: January jj? 1778.

Major Gen', for tomorrow . • . . Lord Stirling

Brigadier Poor

Field Officers L? Col? Wbltner. LT Col? Hermer
Brigade Major Patterson

THE works mark'd out by the In-
genieurs for the defence of the Camp
are to be executed with all possible
dispatch and the Commander in
Chief requests the favour of General Green,
Lord Stirling and the Marquis La Fayette,
Gen! Sullivan being upon other duty to Con-
sult with Gen! Portail on the proper means
and number of men necessary to execute the
works in the different Wings and Second
Line and give orders accordmgly, and that
each of them appoint proper Officers to
Superintend and push forward the defences. —
The Qr Mf Genl is positively ordered to pro-
vide Straw for the use of the Troops and the
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removed to Hutts assigned for the Hospital
are plentyfully suplied with this article — Col?
Humpton and Gibson L! Col? Norse who are
appointed to repair to the several Hospitals
in the middle department they will receive
their orders at the Adjudant Gen*f Office to-
morrow morning Nicholas Oilman Adjud! of
the third New Hampshire Reg? is appointed
Assistant to the Adjud! Gen! — All the ar-
mourers except those already imployed in
their respective Reg? are to parade at Guard
mounting a Camp Colourman fi'om each Bri-
gade at the same time and place. Provision
to be Issued to the Troops to next Sunday
Inclusively. The Qf Mf Genl is immediately
to fix upon ground proper between or near
the Lines when Huts may be errected for
prisoners under the provost Guard, he will
appoint a suitable Carpenter to assist and
direct the Men with their axes from each Bri-
gade, two men from each Brigade to be sent
till the huts are finish'd.

HeMd QMrters V: F: jMunarf i6f 1778.

MaJ9r Gin{ t9m9rr9W • . . Marquis La Faybtte

Brigadier Patterson

Field Officers Col? WiocusWorth

Lt Col? Littlbfibld
B: M: Staoo

lEUTT Coif Butler L? Col? Sprout
and Major Hall to take the Com-
mand of the fatigue party to parade
tomorrow morning.

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Head Qusrtirs F: F: January 77? 1778.

Major Gitf, tomorrow De Kalb

Brigadier M9 Intosh

Field Officers . LT^ Col? Davis. Major Gilman
Brigade Major Day

THE Brigadiers and Officers Com-
manding Brigades are to meet this
evening at Genl Vernum's Quarters
to consult and agree upon proper
and speedy measures to exchange raw hides
for shoes. They will as soon as possible criti-
cally examine into the state and Condition of
the arms in the respective Brigades, and get
those out of repair put in order as soon as
possible and consult upon the most speedy
method of procuring a sufficient number of
proper sized Bayonets to supply the deffi-
ciencies. The General desires that they will
likewise agree upon the most proper and
speedy means to have all the Officers in their
Brigades furnished with half pikes agreeable
to General orders Issued December 22? —

Head Quarters V: F: January 18"? 1778.

Major Gen\ tomorrow Green

Brigadier Maxwell

Field Officers LT Col? Carlton. LT Col? Harney
Brig^, Maj": Kelley

AT a General Council of the Briga-
diers and Officers Commanding
Brigades in obedience to yesterdays
orders report as follows — if that
the Commissaries of the Respective Brigades

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retain their hides to the disposal of the Briga-
diers giving an exact Account from time to
time to the Commissary of hides.

At a Brigade Court Martial held the 12^
instant whereof L! Col? Harmer was presid!
Ensign Foster of 6^ Pensylvania Reg! being
found guilty of Challenging Captf Cruise and
behaving unbecoming the Character of an
Officer or a Gentleman was sentenced to be
discharged from the Service

The Commander in Chief in Conformity
of the articles of War approves the Sentence,
but in consideration or the Circumstances is
pleased to restore Ensign Foster to his former
rank, at the same time is sorry to observe that
the dispute between the parties arose from a
cause that was conducted in a manner that
does neither of them much Honor. —

As the army is now in all probability sta-
tioned for the remainder of the winter, It is
necessary that the departments for supplying it
with provision and forage should be put upon
such a footing that as few delays and difficulties
as possible may happen. In order to do this
more effectually the most Exact arrangements
and disposition should be made of the Wag-
gons and horses employed in the service. The
Commander in Chief therefore orders that all
private Waggons and horses annexed, either
to Reg?, or imploy'd by the Brigade Commis-
sarys shall be delivered up on Monday or
Tuesday next to the Q : M : Gen! at the field
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lon^ng to the first Line on Monday and those
belonging to the Second line on Tuesday, also
the Artillery and on Wednesday and Thurs-
day next aJl the Waggons and horses the
property of the United Dtatcs, annexed to the
different Regiments or employed by the Bri-
gade Commissaries are also to be delivered up
to the Q : M : Gen! at the place and in the
Manner above directed.

The whole to be then aranged and appro-
priated in such manner as the Q M G! or the
Forage Master Gen! shall judge best Calcu-
late to supply the Army with Forage and
fuel, and to perform other Camp duty, A
sufficient number of Waggons will imme-
diately be returned to the Brigade for the Ser-
vice of the Camp, While a more compleat
arrangement is making. It having been rep-
resented by the Q: M: Gen! that a great
number of Saddle horses have been drawn at
different times by Officers Q' Masters Waggon
Masters and Commissaries for various service
and never returned. The Commander in
Chief expressly orders that such be return'd
to the Q M Gen! upon the Day and place
above mentioned when, he will allow such to
retain them as appears to have a real necessity
from their occupation for their Service. That
the Brigadiers on the present exigency send
an Officer fi-om each Brigade into the Coun-
try to exchange Hides for Shoes. Hides at
4* per lb and Shoes at 10/ pi pair. That
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the Q M Gen!— That the Commanding
Officers of Battalions give rec? to their re-
spective Brigadiers for the shoes delivered
them which receipts shall be delivered to the
Cloathier Gen! 2? That those Brigades which
are furnished with Armourers and tools have
their Bayonets made in their Brigades and
that those (who) cannot procure Armourers and
tools purchase Bayonets from the Country
Artificers, ^t That the Q M Gen! be directed
to have Aspontons or pikes to be made for
the Officers The staff 6j4 feet long and i}4
Inch in Diameter in the largest part and that
the Iron part be one foot long — The Com-
mander in Chief accepts and approves the
above report and orders it to take place in
every respect

A Division Court Martial held the 15*?
instant whereof L! Coif Ballard was President.
Captf Lambert of the 14*?* Virg! Reg! tried for
stealing a Hatt from Capt^ Allis found guilty
and unanimously sentenced to be Cashiered
and that it be deemed scandalous for an officer
to Associate with him in future and that his
Crime^ Name^ place of Abode and punish-
ment be published in and about Camp and
in the news papers of every state particularly
the State he belongs to, and that he pay Captf
Allis 30 dollars for the hatt he stole from him
Also the expences of the Witnesses against
him and the expences of an express sent for
them — Which shall be paid before he is re-
leased from his confinement — The Com-

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mande^ in Chief approves the Sentence and
orders it to take place immediately.

Thit three Axmen from each Brigade
which f^urnish Guards to parade on the grand
parade at 9 oClock every morning.

Head QuMrten V: F: January i^ 1778.

Miycr Giif, tomarrtw Lord Stulunc

BrigadUr Wbbdoit

Fiild Officers . . Col? Livingston. Maj? Convat
B: M: Aldbn

AT a Brigade Court Martial held the
7*? instant whereof Major Ryan was
President Francis Morris a Soldier
in I* Pensylvania Reg! tried for re-
peated Desertions was found guilty and Unan-
imously sentenc'd to suffer death in such
manner as shall be ordered by the Commander
in Chief His Excellency the Commander in
Chief approves the Sentence.

Provisions to be issued to the troops up
to next Thursday Inclusive Detachments sent
upon Command from the time of their march-
ing No Provisions are to be drawn for them
by the R* Qr M! till they return.

The Brigade Majors will daily attend at
the Adjud! Generals Office for orders precisely
at 12 oClock.

The Division Court Martial of which L!
Coif Ballard was President is to sit at his
Quarters Tomorrow at 10 oClock for the
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dier Weedon on Suspicion of Mutiny and
Desertion.

jMft^' 2c^ 1778.

The Regimental Surgeons are every Wed-
nesday and Saturday Are to make Returns to
the Brigadier of all the Sick in their Respec-
tive Reg? They will apply to the Brigade
Major for a Form. They or their Mates are
duly to attend the Huts of their Men and see
that the sick are provided for as well as pos-
sible, If any thing is wanting the Officer,
Commanding the Regtf are to be acquainted
therewith as Quick as possible who is to spare
no pains for the help of the sick untill thev
can be sent to the Hosp! The hours of whicn
this duty will be attended too are at roll Call
in the morning — Noon -1-3 oClock in the
evening and at Tattoo any Surgeon or mate
failing in this duty to be reported by the Com-
manding Officer of the Reg! to which he be-
longs to the Brigadier.

The Surgeons are Also to keep a Book in
which thev will enter a Copy of Every Return
they give m. When Men parade for duty the
Adjudants or Officers acting as such to march
them to the Brigade parade where they will
remain 'till such men are excepted By the
Brigade Major. The R Q : M : are to col-
lect all their Axes and have such as want it
repaired immediately, when men parade for
Fatigue they will furnish them with Such tools
as are wanting.

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Hisd Quarters V: F: January 2&^ 1878.

Maj9r Gm^, tomorrow • . Marquis Db La Fatettb

Brigadier . . • Woodford

Field Officers .... Col? Patton. Major Fish
Brigade Majer Marrin

THE Gen! Officers and Officers Com-
manding Brigades are Desired to
meet at General Sullivan s Quarters
tomorrow morning 10 oClock In
order of Considering the expedience of Open-
ing a publick Market, In Camp they are to
take into Consideration the proper place and
days for holding a Market The Regulations
and Guards to preserve good order — The
prices proper to be Affixed upon Every Article
in the Settlement of which they should En-
deavour to consult some of the most Intelliga-
ble Country men some plans have been pro-
posed, that will be laid before them at the
time of Meeting a Report of their proceedings
to be Sent to the Commander in Cnief as soon
as possible. The Commander in Chief Re-
turns his Warmest thanks to Captr Lee and
the Officers and men in his troop for the
victory which by their superior Bravery and
address they gained over part of the Enemies
Dragoons who trusting in their numbers and
Concealing their march by a Circoutous rout
Attempting to Surprise them in their Quarters,
he has the Satisfaction of Informing the Army
that Capt? Lee's vigilance Baffled the Enemies
designs That by judiciously posting his men
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to post one to each Window he obliged the
party Consisting of 200 Dragoons disgracefully
to retire after repeated and fruitless attempts
to force their way into the House Leaving
two Killed and four wounded without receiv-
ing any other damage on his part than having
his Lieut! Mr. Lindsay slightly wounded unless
any of his out patroUes should be Unfortunately
Wounded and taken which is not known. —
The Gen! positively forbids the Burning of
the farmers Fences and Enjoins upon all
Officers to Use their utmost endeavour to pre-
vent it and bring to Severe punishment all that
those (sic) that shall Offend therein. — A Gen!
Court Martial whereof Col? Craig was Presi-
dent to sit tomorrow at the Presidents Markie
at 9 oClock To try such Prisoners as Shall be
brought before them belonging to U Stirlings
and Gen! Wayne's Divisions Major Church
a Capt? and two Subaltern Officers from each
Brigade in those Divisions will complete the
Court. The Commander in Chief* is In-
formed That Captf Lee and L! Lindsay had
but a Corp! and four men to Assist them in
the manly opposition to the British Light
Horse Majf Jameson was accidently there and
justly merits share of the praises due to this
orave little party.

Gen! Patterson is kind enough to undertake
the Superintence of the fortification of the
Left Wing all the Men not on duty in the
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every morning at 9 oClock to be employed
in the fortification of the Camp under the
Gen! Directions each Brigade is to furnish a
field Officer to Command the Fatigue parties
All Officers not upon Duty under the Comf
of a Field Officer are to turn out with their
Men — His Excellency the Commander in
Chief desires the Officers to Exert themselves
to put the Camp in a defenceless a Condition
{sic) as possible as soon as may be.

N: Green M: G:

Hi Mi Quarters V: F: Jdnuary 2i7 J^ZTS*

Msjor Get^. t9m9rr9W Dekalb

Brigadier Scott

Field Officers • L* Col? Millin. Major Winslow
B:M: Berrtan

THE Commander in Chief approves
the Report made by the Brigadiers
& Officers Commanding Brigades
in the Virgf line and orders that the
men whose time of Service is Expired be dis-
charged and march'd home by proper Officers
on the manner there Directed. The Briga-
diers &? are also to See that the Arms and
Accoutrements of Such men are returned in
the first Instance to themselves in order that
the Arms and discharges may Correspond and
by them to the Commissary of Military Stores
whose receipts is to be taken for what is de-
livered all Blankets are«to be stoped and other
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diers &f will Cause proper Care to be taken
of the first and see that the Latter is Delivered
into the hands of the Q M Gen! and other
proper officers. Notwithstanding the pointed
and frequent Orders which have been Issued
to have all Deserters Reported at Head
Quarters, it is by indirect and Casual Informa-
tion that this knowledge comes to the Gen!
Except in the Genl Returns which are exceed-
ing irregular He therefore in proemtory
Terms now calls upon the Brigadiers to see
or know that the Several Rolls of their Reg?
are caird Over agreeable to former Orders and
that all Deserters specifying the Res? and
Com'? they belong to are reported by them to
the Major Gen! of the day who is to present
the whole in one View to the Commander in
Chief when he comes from his tour of duty —
The Brigadiers are also requested to use every
possible means to apprehend Deserters of their
respective Brigades. This order will not be
dispenced with — The Gen! does also in
positive terms, Declares that he will have the
Gen! Returns of the Army, Delivered into
him every Monday at Orderly time — The
Adjud! Gen! is therefore to pay peculiar atten-
tion to this matter Considering himself re-
sponsable for the performance Unless he
Arrests every delinquent who causes the
Failure. In the next Mondays Returns the
Off? in the VirgT line are to assertain the num-
ber of Men whose time of Service will Expire
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It being imposible for the Surg! of the Flying
Hospitals to make effectual provision for the
Sick out of Camp Unless they are sent to
the places by them appointed and furnished for
the purpose All Officers and Regimental Sur-
geons, when any of their Core (sic) are proper
subjects for the Hospital are therefore Imme-
diately to apply to the chief Surgeon of the
Flying Hospitals present in Camp and take
his direction where to Send the Sick, A Con-
trary practice have been attended with great
Inconveniency and probably Occasions the
Death of many men, many has been sent to
the Hosp! already Crowded with Patients or
to places where no provisions have been made
for the Sick and in order that the sick which
shall from time to time remain in Camp
as well as others before they are sent to the
Hosp*? may be properly taken care of. The
Director Gren! of Hosp!? is as soon as possible
to furnish the R Mental Surgeons with Medi-
cine Chests supplyed with such Medicine as
are necessary for the Sick in Camp. When
flags go to enemies Lines All Officers posi-
tively are forbidden to go with them unless
they receive proper order therefore. At a Gen!
Court Martial whereof Col? Clerk was Presi-
dent held JanT 19'? L! M* Gibbeney of the
4^ Carolina Regiment Tried for Embezzeling
or misaplying the Money which he was in-
trusted with for enlisting men into the service
also for taking bribes to discharge Inlisted
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Acquitted of the Charge — At the same
Court Janf 1 5*? Captf Joshua Brown of Col?
Biggalous Reg! tried for suffering two prisoners
to make their escape from the Provost Guard
was unanimously Acquitted of the Charge
alledged against him— The Commander in
Chief approves the Sentence and orders them
to be released from their arrest —

Head Quarters F: F: January 2ji 777*.

Mafcr Gen I tomerrow Lord Stirlimo

Brigadier » Huntington

Field Officers . . Col? BigOalow. Major Haws
B : "Mr, Clatbornb

THE Genl Officers and Officers
Commanding Brigades will meet to-
morrow morning at 10: oClock at
Gen! Sullivan's Q? For the purpose
mentioned in Gen! Orders of the 20^ Instant —
Seij! How is appointed Provost Martial, Pro :
Tempore, in the room of Captf Shagg who
has resigned. The Brigadiers and Officers
Commanding Brigades are immediately to
make returns of the Deficiency of Bayonets
in their Brigades to the Adjud! Gen! Several
Farmers have complained notwithstanding^ the
Certificates Granted by the Comf Gen! of For-
rage of their having furnished their Quotos of
Forrage Assigned them further demands have
been made upon them so as to deprive them
of what was preserved for the use of their own
fiimilies. The General strictly prohibits such
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spect be paid to the F : M : Genl Certificates
in future^ At a Gen! Court Martial whereof
Coif Clerk was president held JanT 20* L! Col?
Linley and Major Bailey Tried for Non At-
tendance on the Grand parade in proper time
The former when Field Officer and latter when
Brigade Major of the day, found guilty of the
Charge Exhibited against them, being a Breach
of the 5^? Article & 1 8'^ Sect : of the Articles
of war and sentenced to be reprimanded in
Genl orders — The Gen! approves the fore-
going Sentence and is surprised that he is
under the disagreeable Necessity of reprimand-
ing Officers for their Breach of duty so well
known and which ought to be performed with
the greatest punctuality and as exact discipline
and the strictest obedience to orders is the
Soul of an Army and the foundation of suc-
cess whilst the contrary may be productive of
the most fatal consequences. He flatters him-
self that every Officer as in honour and duty
bound will be Emulous to pay the strictest
attention to orders and prove exemplary to
the Soldiery.

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Returns to be made to the Brigadier of the
Men in the Virgf Reg? whose time of Service
is expired at this or as it may hereafter Those
Returns must be certified by the Officers who
recruited them if they are in Camp or the Sol-
diers must produce a Certificate. The Pay-
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wages and pay them up to the day of their
dismission, No one to be discharged but by
the Brigadier or Officer Commanding the
Brigade — The men will be discharged in
squads of 20 or 25 and marched in an orderly
manner to their State by a Commissi Officer —
The distress for Blankets makes it necessary
to retain those the Soldiers have who is then
discharged, This the Brigadier hopes will be
readily complyed with By the men who are
going home in order to afford more Comfort
to their Brother Soldiers who keep the Field,
the Commanding Officers of Reg? are there-
fore directed to Stop all the Blankets, and as
the squads will not consist of more than 20,
or 25 men The Officer who marches them
home can never be at a Loss for Quarters or
Shelter them from the weather.

Those Returns given in bv the Surgeons
to the Brigadier are to Include all who may
fall sick from one return to another and to
be signed by the Commanding Officer of the
Reg! before given in. L! Stokes of the 6^
Virg! Reg! is Appf Judge Advocate for the
Brigade to be exempted from the Common
Duties and is to be Respected as Such.

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B: O:

Hidd QuMrUrs V: F: JsMUMry 2^ 1778^

Maj9r Gilt', timprriw . . . Marquis Db La Fatittb

BrtgadUr Poor

Fiild Officers . . Lt'CoL? Bonnbr. Maj* Stubblbfield
B: M: M9Cormick

THREE Days Provisions to be Is-
sued to the Troops on Mondays
and Thursdays till further orders.
The Taylors of each Reg! to be
excused from other Duty and to be implov'd
in making up the Cloaths for their respective
Regs

Head Qusrtirs F: F: January 55** I77S*

Major Genl tomorrow B : Db Kalb

'Brigadier Pattbrson

Field Officers . . . Col? Becker. Major Porter
B:M: M9 Gowan

NO Officer is Subject to be try'd by
a Brigade or Division Court Mar-
tial unless he Consent thereto which
is to be noted in the proceedings of
the Court Martial. As it is necessary that
the Muster Rolls should be accurately made
in one form the Officers are to make them out
agreeable to the forms given them for that

Eurpose by the mustering Officers. — At a
irigade Court Martial whereof L! Col? Bal-
lard was president Janf IO*^ Capt? Zane of the
13*? Virgf Reg! try'd for acting in a Cowardly
manner when sent on a scouting party 12^
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he had a considerable Advantage over the
Enemy found guilty and sentenced to be dis-
charged from the Service — The Commander
in Chief approves the Sentence and orders it
to take place immediately

January 2&]* JJjS. B: O

The Officers Commanding Regiments are
to examine their mens Arms and Ammuni-
tion and to have all their Cartridge Boxes
fiU'd with Cartridges this Night, which must
always be kept compleate. The Q' Masters
will at all times have ready a Sufficient number
of good Cartridges to compleate every man in
the Brigade with fourty rounds this order
to be attended to Immediately — The Racks
for holding Provender are once more ordered
to be set up without further Delay.

HiaJ Quarters V: F: January 26^ 177S.

Major Gin^. tomarrno Grebn

Brigadier M? Intosh

Field OffV . . . LT Col? Gray. Maj* Braddish
B: M: M^ Clurb

ABOARD of Genl Officers having
recommended that a Sutler be ap-
pointed to each Brigade whose
Liquors shall be inspected by two
Officers Appointed bv the Brigadier for that
purpose and those Liquors sold under those
restrictions as shall be thought reasonable the
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the above Recommendation and to order that
such Brigade Sutlers be app^ and Liquors sold
at the following prices and under the follow-
ing Regulations reach Brandy by the Quart
7/6 by the pint 4/. By the Jill 1/3 Whisky
and apple Brandy 6/. p quart 3/0 p pint and
1/ p jill Cyder 1/3 p quart Strong Beer 2/6
p quart Common Beer 1/ P quart Vinegar
2/6 p quart any Sutler who shall be convicted
before a Brigade Court Martial of having de-
manded more than the above rates or of hav-
ing adulterated his Liquors or made use of
Deficient Measures shall forfeit any Quantity
of his Liquors not Exceeding Thirty Gall! or
the value thereof at the forgoing rates, The
fourth part of the Liquors or the value thereof
so forfeited to be applied to the Informer and
the Remainder of the Liquor to be put into
the hands of the person Appointed by the
Brigadier who shall deliver it out to the Non
Comissf and privates of the Brigades at one
Jill p man p day, If Money to be laid out in
Liquors or Necessaries for the N : Comissiond
Officers & privates of the Brigade and dis-
tributed in due and equal proportions, The
Brigade Sutler is also at Liberty to Sell leaf
Tob? at 4/ p lb. Pigg Tail 7/6 p lb! and
hard soap 2/6 p lb! But no other Articles
rated for the publick Market shall be sold By
him or any person acting Under him on any
pretence wnatever.

L! Shuggart of the German Battalion tryed
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L! Lautermilk of the Same Battalion is found
guilty of 7^ Sect? of war, and therefore
sentenced to be Cashier'd — The Com-
mander in Chief approves the Sentence but
in Consideration of the recommendation of
the Court is pleased again to restore him again
to his Rank hoping at the same time that his
Lenity on this and some other particular In-
stances will not be construed into his giving
Countenance to a practice not only directly
repugnant to our own Articles of war but
discouraged by all Military Nations as Abhor-
sive of good order Discipline and Harmony.

January 2f} 177S.

A Court of Enquiry to Sit tomorrow morn-
ing at lofClock to inquire into the Conduct of
L! Terry and L! Epps of the 14*? Virgf Regi-
ment, Major Hopkins is appointed President
of this Court, one Capt? from 10^ and one
from 14^ and one Lieut! from the 2? and
one ditto from the 6^ and one from the 10^
And one from the I4^^ will Compose the
members of the Court — The Brigadier earn-
estly requests that the Officers Commanding
Regiments will not fail to turn out those men
dayly who are not on duty, that the Fortifica-
tions on the Left wing may be compleated as
Soon as possible.

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Head Quarters V : F: January 2^f' 1778,

Major Gif^. tomorrow . . . . • Lord Stirling

Brigadier Maxwell

Field officers . • LT Col? Shearman. Maj? Thair
B: M: Bailky

THOSE persons who have any Ar-
ticles to Send in to our Prisoners
into Philadelphia are to leave them
with the Commissary of Prisoners
next Friday Evening — Paper to be Issued
by the Q M : Gen! tomorrow in the following
proportion Two Quires to each Brigadier or
Officer Commanding Brigades one to each
Brigf Major and one to each Reg! Ammuni-
tion to be drawn immediately to Compleate
the Troops to forty rounds p man which is to
be deposited Into the hands of the Brigade
Qf Master to be ready when call'd for.

Head Quarters V: F: January 28^ 1778-

Major Gen', tomorrow B : Db Kalb

Brigadier Wbedon

Field Officers . L? Col? Harwbt. Maj* Hopkins
B: M: M9 Clintick

AS there has been an extraordinary
and unaccountable Waste of Am-
munition in many of the Brigades,
as soon as the Brigades are Com-
pleated therewith agreeable to yesterdays or-
ders the Commander in Chief positively orders
the Col^ or Officers Commanding Reg? are to
see that an Officer in each Corps Carefully
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at roll Call in the morning and severely
punish any soldier who shall carelessly waste
a single Cartridge — At a Genl Court Mar-
tial of which Major Church .was Presid! held
Janf 2&^ W*? M? Intire a Soldier in the seventh
Pens! Battalion Tried for robbing a load of
wheat &f from one of Col? Spencers Waggon-
ers found guilty of a Breach of the 5*? Art : of
1 8 Sect : of the Articles of War and sentenced
to receive 30 lashes on his bare back well laid on
at the head of his own Regiment At the same
Court W? Dearlove of the 4^ Pcnsf Battalion
tried for stealing money from Fred!" Buzzard
found guilty and Sentenced to receive 100
Lashes well laid on upon his bare back. The
Comf in Chief approves the foregoing Sen-
tences and orders them to be put in Execu-
tion Tomorrow morning at roll call at the
head of the Reg! to which they belong. At a
Gen! Court Martial whereof Col? (jlerk was
President held Janf 22? Thomas Scott who
acted in the Character of a Waggon Master
tried for taking forrage Contrary to General
Orders of the 31? Decf last Acquitted of the
Charge The Genl approving the Sentence
and orders him to be released immediately.
At the same Court Stephen Rice of the 8^
Virg? Regf tried for plundering the Inhabitants
of the Country found guilty Being a Breach
of the 15^ Article 13*? Sect: of the articles of
war and sentenced to receive 100 Lashes on
his bare back well laid on. At the same Court
Joseph Tirn of the 3? Virg? Reg! tried for

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Desertion from the Provost Guard and taking
a prisoner with him found Guilty of a Breach
of I? Article and 6^ Sect: of the Articles of
War and sentenced to receive loo Lashes on
his bare (sic) well laid on — At the same Court
Robert Gest Drummer in Col? Lambs Reg! of
Artillery tried for attempting to desert to the
Enemy found guilty but on Account of his
Youth only sentenced to receive 50 Lashes on
his bare back — At a Gen! Court martial
whereof Coif Clark was president January 23
Banj? Berry of Col? Halls Reg! tried for at-
tempting to desert to the enemy found guilty
of the Charge and sentenced to receive 100
Lashes on his bare back well laid on — The
Commander in Chief approves the foregoing
sentences and orders them to be executed
tomorrow morning at roll Call at the head of
their R^ —

Dt Ot The Report of the Court Martial whereof

L! Col? Ballard is President relative to the
prisoners Commited by Gen! Weedon for
mutiney and desertion Cannot be approved
off. The punishment ordered to be mflicted
far exceeding what the Law Martial allows,
The Court therefore is ordered to sit again
immediately and to Confine the Measure of
punishment to what the Law allows — The
Commanding Officers of each R^! in Generals
Weedons and Muhlenbergs Brigades are to
appoint an orderly Officer to visit the sick
of the Reg! dailey and to report how they find

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them also to examine the Condition of the
Well, to give directions respecting their Cook-
ing and cleaning their hutts, these reports to
be made in writing to the Commanding Officer
of the Reg^ to be kept by him ready to be
produced whenever called upon

Officer for tomorrow LT Kbith

January 2g^ ^778. Kt Ot
Gbn*- Green's orders

At a Division Court Martial whereof L! Col?
Ballard was president held the 21!^ instant for
the Tryal of prisoners Confined by Gen! Wee-
don, The following Prisoners were tried Viz!
Jeremiah Bride of the a? Virgf Reg! Charged
with Mutiny and desertion found guilty and
sentenced to receive 100 Lashes on his bare
back — Mary Johnson Charged with laying
a plot to Desert to the Enemy found guilty
and Sentenced to receive 100 Lashes and to
be drum'd out of the Army by all the Drums
and Fifes in the Division, Edward Driver of
the a? Virgf Reg! charged with Mutiny and
Desertion found guilty and sentenced to be
reprimanded by the Commanding Officer of
the Division present when the Division is
drawn up — The Genl approves the sen-
tences and orders them to be put into execu-
tion this evening 4 oClock in front of the
Division which is to be paraded for that
purpose —

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Thomas Pclton, Robert Edwards, Timothy
Dreskill, Richf Johnson & William Cox of
the it Virgf and Andrew Welsh of the lo^
Virgf Charged with Mutiny and Desertion
found guilty and Sentenced to receive loo
Lashes each — The Genl approves the Sen-
tences but upon recommendation of the Court
remits the punishment and orders that the
prisoners be released from their Confinement.
W? Mf Intosh of the 2? Virgf Reg! John Key-
ton of the lo*? Virgf and Ann Mf Intosh
charged with mutiny and desertion was ac-
quitted by the Court of the Charge exhibited
against them — The Genl approves the Sen-
tences and orders them to be released from
their Confinement — The Court Martial
whereof L! Col? Ballard was president is
disolved.

Hi£ii Quarters V: F: January 2^ 177^.

Msgor Get^, tomorrow Grbbn

Brigadiir Woodford

Field Officers . . LT Col? Harmer. Maj? Sill
B: M: Lsnard

THE Commanding Oflicer of each
Brigade is to appoint a Captf dailey
to Visit the Sick of his Brigade in or
near Camp, to examine whether they
have proper attention paid them and are fur-
nished with every thing their situation requires
as far as circumstances will allow — Likewise
an orderly Officer every dajr to inspect the
Hutts to See whether cleanliness is observed

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in the Soldiers Quarters and proper means
taken to keep the roofs wheather proof. The
Commissaries in future to Issue quart of Salt
to every icx^*? fresh Beef.

Head QuartiTj F: F: January ^&y jjj8.

M^or Gen\ t9m9rrow Lord Stuiung

Brigadier Scott

Fiild Officers . • • . Col? Naolb. Major Moor
Brigade Majl Patterson

AT a late Gen! Court Martial whereof
Major Church was President the
26*? Instant Ensign Cook of la'?
.Pens? Reg! tried for leaving his
Guard before properly relieved it being an
out Guard, Pleads Guilty of a breach of the
4*^ Article 13*? Sec: of the Articles of war and
unanimously sentenced to be Cashiered with
Infamy. The Commander in Chief aproves
the Sentence and orders it to take place im-
mediately — At a Genf Court Martial whereof
Col? Clark was President the 23? Instant Wil-
liam Mf March of Capt? Lee's compf of Ar-
tillery tried for Desertion and stealing a horse
from Gen'. Mf Intosh acquitted of the Charge
of Desertion but found guilty of the theft and
Sentenced to receive icx> lashes on his bare
back and have half his pay stop'd monthly
from him till Gen! Mf Intosh is fully satisfied.
The Court on account of the Prisoner here-
tofore sustaining a good Character as a Good
Soldier recommend's him to his Excellency's
Clemency with respect to his Corporal punish-

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ment. The Commander in Chief remits the
stripes aproves the latter part of the Sentence
& orders it to take place.

HiMd Quart in V : F : January 31*! 1778.

Mi^$r Giu^, Umorr$w Baron Db Kalb

Brigadier « • Vbrnum

Field Officers .... Col?^ Vose. Major West
Brigade Major Detb

B: O: January ji** IJJS*

In Consequence of Division Orders the
a 8*? and Gen. orders the 29^ the Surgeons
need make no returns of the Sick as Directed
in B : O : the 1 8"? Those Officers who will
be daily appointed for that purpose are to
make report to the Brigadiers of all the de-
ficiencies that may appear to them in their
tour

BiOt February I*: 1778.

Several Necessaries having arrived from
Virginia for the Officers and Soldiers belong-
ing to that State and many more daily ex-
pected. The Gentlemen may now furnish
themselves with Comfortable Cloathing. Offi-
cers Commanding Reg? will have returns
made of the necessaries wanting to Compleat
their men immediately the Shoes are kept at
the black Bull.

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Hidd Quarters V: F: FibruMry if 1778.

Major Gen\ Umorrow Green

Brigadiir Huntington

Field OjpL* . . Col? Bradford. Major Talbot
B : M : Alden

THE Brigade Quarter Mast? are to
call on the Assistant Q: M: Gen!
Officer tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock for their proportion of 320.
Camp Kettles.

IN CONGRESS June i&l' 1777.

RESOLVED That the Commissi Gen! of
purchaces and Issues and their respective depu-
ties for neglect of Duty or other oiFences in their
respective Offices shall be subject to Military
Arrests and trial by order of the Commander
in Chief or any Gen! Officer Commanding a
Division in the Army, Post or Department,
where such neglect of duty or Offences may
happen and their respective Assistants of the
D : C : Gen! of purchases and Issues shall for
the same causes be liable to Military Arrests
as Commissi Officers in the Army by any
Gen! Officer or any Officer Command? at a
Detach'd Post to which Such Assistant may
be Assigned.

The Gen! Directs that due attention be
paid to the above Resolve — The Gen! Court
Martial whereof Col? Clark is President is
hereby Disolv'd.

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Head QMorifrj F: F: Fihrusry 2* 1778.

Major G/Mr{ tomorrow Lord Stoiling

BrigMdUr Poor

Fiild Off'! . . LT Col? Buford Major Fbnbw
B: Hi: ••••••••••• Marvin

•A GENERAL Court Martial whereof
/% Col? Wigglesworth is appointed
/ % President is to sit tomorrow mom-
^ JL. ing 9 o'clock at the Bakehouse a
Capt? from each Brigade to attend as Mem-
bers — The broken and worn out Axes are
to be collected and delivered to the Brigade
Ql Ml They are to deliver them to the Assist!
Qr M: Geni at the Gen^ Office who will give
them new ones in Exchange.

Head QuMrtirs V: F: Fekruary ^, ^778 >
Brigadior Patterson

Fiold Oficirs . • LT Col? Davis Sc Major Pbtrrs
B: M: Bbrrtan

jA REPORT having circulated that

i^L Mr Jones D C : Gen. of Issues had

/ 11^ granted a pass to a Woman to carry

J^ M^ 30*? Butter into Philadelphia, The

matter has been fully inquired into and appears

to be without foundation.

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Head Quarters V: F : February ^ 1778.

MaJ9r Geu*. tomorrow Grben

Brigadier Wayne

Field Of\' . . . Col? Pattbn. Major Winslow
B: M: Minnu

AT a Gen! Court Martial whereof
Col? Clark was president the 2 1!' in-
stant Charles Smith Soldier in the
i!? Jersey Reg? tried for desertion
and inlisting again as a Substitute Acquitted —
The Gen! approves the Sentence and orders
him to be immediately released — The most
pernicious consequences having arisen from
Suffering Persons (Women in particular) to
pass and repass from Philadelphia to Camp
under a pretence, of coming out to visit their
friends in the Armv and returning with neces-
saries to their families, but realy with an in-
tent to entice the soldiers to Desert, All
Officers are desired to use their utmost en-
deavours to prevent Such interviews in future
by forbidding the Soldiers under the severest
penalties from having any comunication with
such persons and by ordering them when
found in Camp to be immediately turned out
of it, — if any of them appear under peculiar
circumstances of Suspicion they are to be
brought to immediate trial and punishment
if found guilty.

February 5* 1778.

One Capt? from 14*? Virgf Reg! to attend im-
mediately at the Gen! Court Martial as a

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member in the room of Capt? Calmes who is
unwell. Those men Confined by the Gen! in
the Provost and sentenced by a Gen' Court
Martial will be brought down this day the
whole Brigade to be paraded at 4 o' Clock this
afternoon to attend the punishment.

Head Quarters V: F: February f!* ijf 8.

Major GefA tomorrow Lord Stirling

Brigadier M? Intosh

Field Officers . • LT Col? Begnibr. Major Gilmam
B:M: Claibornb

IN CONGRESS, June lo*!" 1777.

RESOLVED That for the future the Ql M!
or other person drawing provision for any
Reg! Corps or Detachment shall on the last
day of every month make out an abstract of
the number of retained Rations due to each
Off f respectively, and also the number of each
part of a ration due to each Reg! Corps or De-
tachm! and deliver the Same to their respective
Issuing Commissary, who shall compare it
with his books, and finding it right shall cer-
tify thereon, that the Several Charges thereon
are just, and that such a Sum as he shall find
to be due, should be paid to the respective
Paymaster of the Reg! Corps on Detachment
who shall annex the said Abstract, to the Pay
roll that the Paymaster or Deputy P : M! :
Gen! of the district may pay, ana he is hereby
required to pay such Ration Abstract to the
Regimental Paymaster who is directed to pay

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the respective Officers and Soldiers, and take
their receipts, and when any Reg! Corp or De-
tachment or Issuing Commissary is ordered
to leave a post before the end of the month ;
the Ration abstract shall be made up to the
time of his or their leaving his Post and Certi-
fyed by the Comf as aforesaid. It is expected
tnat due attention be paid to the foregoing
Resolve, and no abstracts for retained rations,
or back allowance be received or deemed valid
unless Certified as Specifyed therein.

Head Quarters F: F: February &} 1778.

Major Gen I tomorrow • • • • Baron Db Kalb

Brigadier Maxwell

Field Off'.' . . Lt Col9 Bassett. Major Conway
B: M: M^ Cormick

AT a GenI Court Martial whereof
Col? Clark was Presid! Janf 27^
L! William Williams of the 13^
Virg? Reg! Tried for repeatedly be-
having Unbecoming the Character of an Officer
and a Gentleman i? In buying a pair of Con-
tinental shoes from a Soldier and thereby
rendering the Soldier unfit for Service 2f for
Messing and frequently sleeping with the
Soldiers taking their bread and not returning-
it by which the soldiers suffered for Hunger
Acquitted of the Charge of Taking the sol-
diers Bread But found guilty of not behaving
in the Character of an Officer or Gent? and
buing a pair of Continental Shoes from a
Soldier and frequently Messing and sleeping

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with the Soldiers Being a Breach of the 21?
Art! Sectf 14"? of the Articles of War and Sen-
tenced to be dischai^ed from the service. His
Excellency the ComI in Chief approves the Sen-
tence and orders it to take place immediately

Head Quarters V: F : February 7? 177S.

Major GeM^, Umprrow Green

Brigadier Weedon

Field Off^l . LT Col? Bauer. Major Burkhard
B:M: M^ Gowen

THE Brigade Majors of the day
in future take the names of the
Officers who mount Guard, the
names of the Guards they are ap-
pointed to Comf and the Brigade to which
they belong, likewise the names of the Ser-
jeants who are to attend as orderly at the
Adjud! Gen^f Quarters and their respective
Reg! who are regularly to be brought on the

Earade at Guard mounting, Those names to
e delivered to the Adjud! Gen! at orderly
time.

Head Quarters F: F : February *? 1778.

Major Gen', tomorrow Lord Stirung

Brigadier Woodford

Field Of\' . . . Col? Webb. LT Col? Rat
B: M: Paskill

THE Gen! Officers are requested to
meet at 10 o'Clock tomorrow morn-
ing at General Vernum's Quarters to
take into Consideration the property
(sic) of altering the present Rations — The

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Comissary Gen! proposes that instead of the
ration heretofore Issued there should be Issued
a pound and a half of flouer one lb Beef or
1^ Salt pork and a certain Quantity of Spirits
M! Blaine will attend this meeting. Officers
who are desirous of takeing Commissions in
the Companies of Sappirs under the Com-
mand of Brigad! Gen! Deportail and possesses
the necessary Qualifications, such as knowledge
practical Geometry and drawing will give in
their names at the Adjud! Gen! Quarters.
3 Capt? 3.1!? L! 3. 2? are wanting.
In future the Reveille to Beat at day Break
the Troop at 8 in the morning the retreat at
Sun Set & Tattoo at 9 in the Evening to
render this duty uniform. The Drummers
Call to Beat at the right of the first line and
answered throughout that Line, then through
the second and Corps of Artillery beginning
at the left. The reserve shall follow the second
Line immediately upon this three Rolls to
begin and run through in like manner as the
Call, Then all the Drums of the Army at the
Heads of their Respective Corps shall so
through the regular Beats Ceasing upon the
right which will be a sign for the whole to
Cease.

At a Gen! Court Martial whereof Col? Proctor
was President held Feb? 5^ Lieut! Guy of
Col? Lambs R^! of Artillery, Tried for ab-
senting himself from Camp without Leave
being guilty of theft and other behaviour un-
becommg the Character of a Gent? and an

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Officer found guilty of unGentleman Unofficer
like behaviour in absenting himself from Camp
without Leave Associating himself with a pri-
vate Soldier, Robery and Infamously stealing
Unanimously sentenced to have his sword
broke over his Head on the grand parade at
Guard mounting that he be discharged from
the Reg! and rendered incapable of serving any
more as an Officer in the Army and that it be
deemed a crime of the blackest die In Officers
or even soldiers to Associate with him after
the Execution of this just and mild punish-
ment His Excell/. The Com! in Chief ap-
proves the sentence and orders it to take place
tomorrow morning at Guard mounting. At
a General Court Martial whereof Col"! Clark
was President. Tho? Butler an Inhabitant
of the State of Pensylvania tried for attempt-
ing to Carry flour into Philadelphia found
guilty of the Charge, being a breach of a re-
solve of Congress 8*i* Oct! 1777. extended by
another resolution made for Cutting off all
Communication of Supplies or Intelligence to
the Enemy's Army and sentenced to receive
250 Lashes on his bare back. At the same
Court Tho? Ryan an Inhabitant of the State
of Pensylvania tried for being taken the
night of the 13^ Jan7. last in CompT with
Tho! Butler with 8 Q? of Mutton and a Bull
Beef on his way into Philadelphia found guilty
of the Charge being a breach of the resolution
of Congress above mentioned and sentenced
to pay the Sum of ^50 and to be confined

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in the Provost Guard house 'till that Sum is
paid to the Adjud! Gen! to be applied for the
use of the sick in Camp —

At the same Court the 23 Ult! W? Mad-
dock Inhabitant of the State of Pensvlvania
tried for attempting to Drive Cattle into
Philad? found guilty of the Charge being a
breach of the resolution of Congress atore
mentioned and sentenced to pay the Sum of
100 Pounds to be Confined in the Provost
Guard undll that sum is JP^id in the manner
aforesaid. At the Same Court the 26^ Ultf
Joseph Edwards an Inhabitant of the State of
Pensylvania for attempting to drive Cattle
into the Enemy found guilty of the Charge
and sentenced to pay the Sum of ^100 and to
be confined in the provost untill that Sum is
paid to the Adjud! Gen! out of which 20 dollars
shall be paid to each of the Light horsemen
who apprehended the prisoner as an en-
couragement of their activity and good Con-
duct and the residue of the Sum to be applied
for the use of the Sick in Camp — At a Gen!
Court Martial whereof Colonel Wigglesworth
was Presid! Feb/. 4^ Philip Kirk tried for sup-
plying the Enemy with Cattle Found Guilty
and Sentenced to be Confined in some Goal in
Pensylvania during the Enemies Staying and
both his real and personal Estate betaken
from him for the Use of the United States of
America. — At the Same Court John Wil-
liamson tried for supplying the Enemy with
Cattle found Guilty of the charge and sen-

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tenced to receiv^e 250 Lashes on his bare back
well laid on —

At the Same Court David Dunn tryi^ for
supplying the enemy with Cattle found guilty
and Sentenced to receive 200 Lashes on his
bare back well laid on — At the Same Court
James Brown tried for communication with
the City of Philadelphia Acquitted — At the
Same Court Jacob Gibbons tried for selling
sheep to a Butcher in Philad? Acquitted Also
Daniel Williamson tried for attempting to
take a number of Sheep into Philadf found
guilty and Sentenced to receive 2CX) Lashes. —
The Commander in Chief approves the
foregoing Sentences as far as relate to Corp!
Punishment and Imprisonment, but remits
the remainder being of opinion that Confisca-
tion of property is a matter not cognizable by
Martial Law the Sentence of whipping to be
put in execution tomorrow morning on the
Grand parade at Guard mounting. A Sur-
geon from Gen! Patterson's Brigade to attend
and See that the Criminals do not receive more
stripes than their strength will bear — To-
morrow being the Day appointed for opening
the Market at the Stone Chimney Pickett, the
Army is desired to take notice of the same.
Marckets will be held at the same place every
monday and Thursday on the East side of
Schuilkill, Near the North Bridge every Tues-
day and Friday near the Adjud! Gen*? Office
Every Wednesday and Saturday.
Certain prices having been fixed to the several

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Articles mentioned in the hand bill By the
Board of Gen! Officers the same are to be
strictly attended to printed Hand Bills with
the Regulations at large will be delivered by
the Adjud! General to the Brigadiers and
Officers Commanding Brigades who are de-
sired to See that the same may be read at the
hf of each Reg! in the Brigade and Endeavour
to Convince the Officers & Soldiers of the
necessity and expediency of observing the same
punctuality. As a proper person for a Clerk
of the Market is not yet appointed the Officer
Commanding the Piquett at the Stone Chim-
ney is desired to see the Regulations of the
observed he is also desired to distribute the
Handbills amongst the market people who at-
tend it is expected that the number will be but
few Tomorrow as the Notice is not had suffi-
cient time to Circulate through the Country.

Head Quarters V: F: February p^* 1778. B: O:

Major GenK tomorrow •••... B : De Kalb

Brigadier Scott

Field Off:' . . . Col? Biggalow. Maj* Haws

B: M: Bailet

For Detachment Col? Levingston,

LT Col? Bonner, Maj» Taylor

A COURT of enquiry to Set imme-
diately on the Conduct of Ensign
Hudson of the 6^ Virgf Reg! L!
. Col? Parker is appointed President
one L! from 2? one from 10? two from 6*? and
2 from 14*? Reg? Members The Court to Sit
at the Presidents Quarters.

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Head Quarters V : F: February id^ ijjB.

Major Gen^. tomorrow •

Brigadier

Field Officers . . .

B: Major

THE Regimental Paymasters who
have not yet received the pay of
their Respective Regiments for the
month of Novf last to Call on the
Paymaster Gen! tomorrow morning and re-
ceive the Same. The Meeting or the Gen!
Officers mentioned in orders of the 8*? Instant
is pospouned till tomorrow morning lo fClock
when It is desired they will attend at the place
therein mentioned — Ml Joseph Ogden is
Appf Clerk of the Market & is to be Re-
spected as Such — The Commissary Gen! will
Issue a Jill of rum or whiskey P man for the
Troops Tomorrow. —

In Case any Field Officer Ordered on Duty
shall not be able to attend he will Notifie the
Brigade Major of the Brigade to which he be-
longs thereof Immediately who is to Appoint
another of the same Brigade in his stead but
if there be no other fit for Duty to relieve
him Notice thereof to be sent to the Adjud!
Gen! as Soon as possible that another may be
appf in his room.

February ii^ X77S* —

A Brigade Gen! Court Martial to sit at lo
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dent of this Court — Two Lieut? from the
2? Two from the 6*? Four from the lo^ Three
from the 14*? & one from the 13*? Pensf
Members The Court to Sit at the Presidents
Quarters all Evidences to attend.

Head Quarters V: F: February 11^ 177S.

Major Giffl tomorrow Lord StAiung

Brigadier Huntington

Field Off:' . . LT Col? Buford. Major Vermum
B: M: Lenard

A REPRESENTATION having
been made by the Capt? in the
Pens! Line against the promotion of
Michael Ryan Esq' to the Majority
of a Regiment as irr^ular he is suspended
from doing duty in that rank 'till the matter
can be adjusted by a proper Board of Officers —
At a Division Court martial whereof L! Col?
Sprout was President FeW^ 9*? Captf Israel
Davis of Col? Wigglesworth Reg! tried for
fraudulently detaining two months pay drawn
by him belonging to Giles Tibbits a soldier
to the great Damage of s? Soldier 2? for De-
taining a Sum of money about the value of
60 £ Masschusets Currency the property of 5
Soldiers being money due to them as a hire
from the Town, of Newberry, Acquitted of
the first part of the charge but found guilty
of the Second Being a breach of the 4H* Article
& 1 2*? Sect? of the Articles of War and Sen-
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^15 — To Mollis Hutchings, Reuben Kin-
kale and Benjamin Fletcher to each ^10 —
and that his pay be stop'd to make good those
Sums.

The Commander in Chief approves the Sen-
tence and orders it to take place immediately.

Head Quarters V: F: February 12*!* ^77S-

Major Gef^ tomorrow B : Db Kalb

Brigadier Pattemon

Field Ofr . . . LT Col? Ray l^ Major Cabbel
Brigade Maj', Patterson

AT a Gen! Court Martial whereof
Col? Wigglesworth was Presid! Feb'
&^ Capt^Zane tried upon appeal to
a Gen. Court Martial for acting in
a Cowardly manner when Sent with a scout-
ing party on the 13*? of Decf last in ordering
his men to retreat when he had considerable
advantage over the enemy again found guilty
of the Charge being a breach of the 13^ article
13^ Sectf of the Articles of War and Sen-
tenced to be discharged from the service

At the same Court \1 Richard Whitbee
tried upon appeal for acting in an ungentle-
man like manner and incouraging theft in the
Army, Acquitted, The Commander in Chief
approves the sentence and orders that Captf
^ane be immediately discharged from the ser-
vice and L! Whitbee Released from his arrest

B: O: February 12*!* 1778.

At a Brigade Gen! Court Martial whereof
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son of 6^ Vf Reg! tried for emblezzeling the
Effects of a Dead Soldier and theft was by the
Unanimous opinion of the Court Acquitted
of the Charge against him — The Gen! ap-
proves the Sentence and orders Ensign Hud-
son to be released from his arrest imediat^

Head Qiuirters V: F : February ij'? 1778.

Major Gfff'. tcM$rr$w Lord Stirling

Brigadier M^ Intosh

Field Officers • . • Major Hopkins ^ Major Snx
B: M: Stagg

Head Quarters F: F: February i^ iyj8.

Major Geti^, temerrew Db Kalb

Brigadier Maxwell

Field Officers • Ll Col? Brewster ^ Major Moore
B:M: Day

February i^ 1 778.

The Court of Enquiry that sat on the
Conduct of L! Epps and L! Terry having
found nothing against them they therefore
stand acquitted of the Charge and are directed
to do duty in the Line.

February jyf* 1778*

A Brigade Gen! Court martial to Sit this
day at laf o*Clock for the Trial of L! Broad-
water L! CoflFer & Lieut' Rust of the 10^
Virgf R<^! LJ Col? Buford is Appointed Presid!
of this Court — The Court is to sit at the
Presidents Quarters, All witnesses to attend

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Head Quarters F: F: February i^ 1778.

Major Gea{ tomorrow Lord Stiiiling

Brigadier Woodford

Field Offr*. . . LT Col? Harlby. Major Hill
B: M: Johnston

AS the publick teams are now im-
ployed and the troops are now in
want of Straw, the Commander in
Chief orders that they should be
furnished with every necessary that will make
them comfortable, desires the Brigadiers and
Officers Commanding Brigades each to send
out a sufficient party properly Officered to
procure Straw, and impress Waggons to hall
It to camp where they will deliver it to
their respective Brigade Quart! Masters who
are to make a just distribution to their
Several Regiments according to the number
at present. The Genl Officers are desired to
meet at Gen! Sullivan's Quarters tomorrow
morning 10. o' Clock to take into Considera-
tion and determine upon the memorial of the
CaptV of the Pens! Line against the Promo-
tion of Michael Ryan Esq! to the Majority
of the Reg! & to settle the Rank of Capt!
Grears — Pay rolls immediately to be made
out for the month extraordinary pay men-
tioned in order of 3I January last given as a
reward to the virtuous patience and the Zeal
of the troops under their present inconvenient
situation to comprehend all Officers and men
in the 29 of last December, the time the reso-
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Join'd the Army to the date of the pay rols,
this however is not meant to be final — or to
exclude those who hereafter may assert a rea-
sonable Claim to the benefit of the resolve —
Difficulties having arisen as to the Construc-
tion of it which have been submitted to Con-
gress, and it is not to be doubted they will
give a liberal Explanation.

Head Quarters V: F: Fibruary i6^ 1778

Mi^or Gin', tomorrow Lord Stirung

Brifadiir •••••••••••• Scott

Field Off:' Col? Broadwater. Lt Col? Sprout
B: M: ••• Ogden

Head Quarters V: F: February 17^ 1778.

Major Gen^, temorrew Lord Stirling

Brigadier • • • Vernum

Field OffV LT Col? Wbtsenfels. Major Talbott
B: M: Marvin

jL T a Division Court Martial whereof
/^L L! Coif Sprout was president Feb?[
/ % 13^ 1778. L! Austin Alden of
JL JL. Col? Brewers Re^ tried for behav-
ing in many Instances unbecoming the Char-
acter of an Officer or a Gentleman i? in taking
Jack Browns Allowance of Whiskey drinking
it and then refusing to pay for it 2^ in Mess-
ing frequently drinking and sleeping with the
Soldiers 3"?? In writing Petitions for the Sol-
diers and taking pay for the Same — Unani-
mously found guilty of the whole of the
Charges and sentenced to be discharged from
the Service —

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The Commander in Chief approves the
Sentence and orders him immediately to leave
Camp, and his Commission to be taken from
him by the Commanding Officer of the R^!

Head Quartirs V: F: Fihruarj iSH^ 177S.

Major Gen^, tomorrow Lord Stirling

Brigadier Huntington

Field Off . . L? Col? Linlbt. Major Mullin
B: M: Minniss

AT a Brigade Court Martial whereof
L! Col? Buford was presid! Feb J i6*?
L! John Rust of the lo*? Virg! Reg!
tried at the request of Lieutf Broad-
water for abusively agravating him the said
Broadwater to strike him for getting drunk
and playing Cards and Beating Capft Laird
on the Sabbath Day whilst the said Capt°.
Laird was under an arrest being a breach of
the i\^ Article 14^ Sectf of the Articles of
war, also a breach of Gen! Orders and Sen-
tenced to be discharged from the service, but
as L! Rust has formerly borne the Character
of a good Officer, The Court are pleased to
recommend him to the Consideration of his
Excellency to have him reinstated in his rank.
The Commander in Chief approves the sen-
tence is concerned he cannot Reinstate L! Rust
in Compliance of the recommendation of the
Court founded upon his former good Charac-
ter as an Officer his Behaviour in the several
instances alledged to be so flagrant and scan-
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ance in the Service would be disagreeable to
it — And as one part of his Charge against
him was gaming, that alone would exclude him
from all Indulgence — the Vice is so perni-
cious a nature that it never will escape the
severest punishments with his approbation
The orders of yesterday with respect to the
late L! Austin Alden's Commission being
taken from him is meant to be applied in all
Cases where Officers are — Cashiered or dis-
charged from the Service by Sentence of a
Court Martial. The Genf Officers are desired
to meet at Gen! Sullivan's Q? Tomorrow
morning at lo o'Clock for the same purpose
as reauested in orders the 15^ Instant, The
Captams in the Pens! Line who presented
the memorial therein mentioned likewise the
Majors who have been promoted in that Line
since the Commencement of the year 1777
are desired to give their attendance at the
time and place mentioned.

A Return of those men who have not had
the small pox in the Brigade to be made
immediately to the Brigade Major — Lieu-
tenants Coffer and Broadwater of the 10^
Virgf Reg! are released from their Arrest and
ordered to do duty in the Line

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Hiad Quarters V: F: Fibruary ip^ I77^»

Major Geff, Tomwrow Lord Stirling

Brigadiir Patterson

Fiild Officers LT Col? Brooks

B: M: Claiborne

Head Quarters V: F: February ao^ ^77^.

Majer Gen^ temorrato Lord Stirling

Brigadier M? Intosh

Field Officers . . L? Col? Star. Maj« Pawling
B: M: M? Cormick

ABOARD of General Officers held
Febr 19*? 1778 : To take into Con-
sideration the Promotion of Major
Ryan, and after having heard the
reasons for and against it are of opinion that
his promotion to the rank of Major in the
10^ Pensylvania Reg! is irregular — The
Commander in Chief is therefore obliged to
Superceed the Appointment of the sf Ryan
in the s? Regf The same Board likewise took
into Consideration the memorial of Captf
James Grear after hearing his alligations in
Support of it, and what the Majors in the
Pens? line Promoted in the year 77. had to
offer are of opinion that though Captf Grear
stood fair for promotion on the jf day of
Janf 76, Yet as he was not promoted to fill
up the vacancy which then existed untill the
7 . day of March following and as agreeable
to the then Regulations of the Army he
could not take rank from the time of the
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of his Appoin! He has not a Just Claim to
take rank of the Majors Appf in the State
of Pensf in the year 77. Capt? Grear will
therefore consider the settlement of his rank
as final —

Hiai Quarters F: F: Fibruary 21*! 1778

Major Ginl tomorrow Lord Stirling

Brigadier Maxwell

Field Officers .... Major Snebd &r Maj? Hay
B: M: M^ Gowbn

Head Quarters V: F: February 22i 1778.

Major GenK tomorrow Lord Stirling

Brigadier Woodford

Field Officers . . . LT Col? Bassett. Maj? Hull
B: M: Bailey

^ ■ ^HE Commissary Gen! is if pos-
I sible to keep the Camp well su-
I plied with Rice for the use of the
JL Sick, If Rice cannot be had, Indian
Meal must be provided in its place and as
this is an Article that can at all times and
under all circumstances be had no Excuse
will be admitted for the neglect. He is every
monday to make a return of all his Issues
in the whole of the week and of his stock
on hand in Camp and on the first day of
every month the Issues in the month proceed-
ing are to be carefully made out and forwarded
to the Commissf Gen! who is to return the
whole in one view as soon after as possible to
the Commander in Chief — A Monthly re-
turn is also to be made of the Quantity of

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provision and other Articles in the Com-
missaries Department —

Hiai QuarUrj F: F : Fibruary 2ji 1778

Major Gen', tomprrow Green

Brigadier Scott

Field Officers • • LT Col? Mead &r Maj« Finner
B: M: . Leonard

BRIGADIERS and Officers Com-
manding Brigades to meet tomorrow
morning 10 o' Clock at Gen! Sullivan's
Quarters to make a just distribution
of the Cloathing in the Cloathiers Gen! de-
partment now in Camp, and near at hand on
Its way to it, in proportion of the real neces-
sities of the men in order to which The Com-
manding Officers of Regiments and Corps
are to make an Exact return of the wants of
their men, to their respective Brigadiers or
Officers Commanding Brigades, before the
time proscribed for their meeting the Board
in their Distribution are to have particular
regard to the Artillery, and other Corps not
attached to any particular State, having con-
sequently no Chance for other supplies and
are to make them an allowance Accordingly,
The Officer Commanding Morc;an's Light
Corps will furnish the Board with a return
of the wants of the men under his Command.
Regimentally adjusted for which they have
to make as generous and effisctual provision
as Circumstances will permit, this is not
meant to exclude them from a Share in the

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State Cloathing, which has been or may be
furnished, but on the Contrary, the Brigadiers
are Directed to see that strict Justice be done
them in this. Respective Duplicates of the
Returns to be made to the Command! Officers
of the respective Reg? from which these men
were draughted who are to take proper notice
of the Same in their Regimental Accounts.

Hiad Quartin V: F: Ftbruarj 24^}" 177 S.
Mofor Gift! Lord Stoiling

BrtFadier Varnvm

Fiild Officers . . Col? Gretson 6* Maj« Murphy
B: M: Patterson

Hiad Quartirs V: F: Fibruary ^5? 1778.

Major Gii^, Grebn

Brigadier Huntington

Field officers . L7 Col? Littlbfibld Maj? Linslow
B: Mi Stagg

^ T a Gen! Court Martial whereof
f^L Col? Courtland was president held
/ % the 16*? February L! Tipton of la
JL jIL Virgf Reg! tried for gaming and
behaving unbecomming the Character of an
Officer or a Gentleman and acquitted of the
Charge Exhibited against him.

The General cannot perceive upon what
principal the Court Acquitted L! Tipton, hav-
mg been clearly convicted of Gameing which

ing it in every form and is therefore obliged

has under gone his tryal and it would be

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improper to bring him to a second. He is
of Course to be released from his Arrest

The Brigadiers and Officers Commanding
Brigades In pursuance of yesterday's Orders
have made a distribution of the Cloathing,
The Commanding Off? of Reg? and Corps
may have their respective proportions by
applying to the Commissary of Cloathing.

Head Quarters V : Fs February 26^}* 177S.

Major Gen\ tomorrow Lord Stirung

Brigadier Patterson

Field Offr.' . . LT Col? Barber Major Oilman
B: M: Day

APT^ D: Duvall and Adjud! Mar-
skill are to act as Brigade Majors
The i!^ in Gen! Mf in toshes and
the second in Genl Patterson's Bri-
gades, 'till the return of Brigade Majors
Berryan & Mf Clure —

Bf Ot February 26*!" 1778.

The Ql Masters of the different Reg? of
Gen! Weedon's Brigade to see that the Vaults
of their Respective Reg? to which they be-
long are filled up and new ones dug the
Brigade Qf master to See that this order is
put in Execution — The Officers Command-
mg Regiments in the Brigade are requested
to give most positive orders that the men
belonging to their different Corps do not ease
themselves about the Camp but go to the
Vaults otherwise the Camp will be unsuffer-

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able from the Stench when the warm weather
comes on and very prejudicial to the health
of the Soldiery —

Head Quarters V : F : February 27*}* J^77S.

Major Gen{ tomorrow Green

Brigadier M9 Intosh

Field Officers . • . Col? Webb Major Burckard
B: Ms Johnson

February 27'!* 78. Bt O,

G)Ionel Stewart has been much surprised
to find so little attention paid to the orders
Issued by Genl Weedon, respecting the Sick
of the Brigade. The Colonel now positively
orders the Captain whose duty it is to visit
the Sick of the Brigade to deliver in his
report by 9 o* Clock the following morning to
which he was appointed to the above duty,
otherwise they may depend upon being called
to a Severe Account as it is a duty the utmost
importance in the Army.

The Brigade is to be mustered on the
first day of March when it is expected it will
be ready — The Muster Master Gen! desires
that for the future one roll should be made
out before the day of Muster which roll is to
be Corrected by the Deputy M : Master and
then to be return'd to the Officers Command-
ing Companies to make these Rolls there-
from. All Rolls Blotted, Dirty and not made
according to Gen! orders will be refused by
the D M M.

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Hiad QuMrters Vs F: Fihruarj 28^ 1778.

MaJ9r Gnf, Lord SmtUNG

Brigadier Maxwell

Fuld Officers . • . . Col? Shuevi LT Col? Buwl
BsMi Paskill

Head Quarters V: F: March i? 1778.

Major Geul Grbbi^

Brigadier Woodford

Field Officers . . . Col? Becker CsT Major Grey
B: M: Mrrvdi

THE Commander in Chief takes
this Occasion to return his warmest
Thanks to the Virtuous Officers
and Soldiers of this Army for that
persevering fidelity and Zeal which they have
uniformly manifested in all their Conduct from
their fortitude, not only under the Common
hardships Incident to a Military life, but
also under the additional sufferings to which
the peculiar situation of these States have
exposed them clearly proves them to be men
worthy of the Envyable priviledgc^ Contend-
ing for the Rights of human nature. The
Freedom and Independance of the Country
the recent Instance of uncomplaining patience
during the late scarcity of provision in Camp
is a fresh proof that they possess an eminent
degree the spirit of Soldiers and the Mag-
nanimity of Patriots. The few Refractory
Individuals who disgraced themselves by
murmering it is to be hoped have repented
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ulate the noble Example of their associates
upon every trial which the Customary Casual-
ties of war may hereafter throw in their way.
Occasional distress for want of provision and
other necessaries is a spectacle that occurs in
every Army and perhaps there never was one
which has been in General so plentiful supply'd
in respect to the former as ours. Surely
we who are free Citizens in arms Engaged
in Struggle for every thing Valuable in Society
and partaking in the Glorious task in laying
the foundation of an Empire should scorne
Effeminately to shrink under those Accidents
and rigours of war, which Mercinary hirelings
fighting in the Cause of lawless ambition.
Rapine Devastation, Encounter with Cheer-
fulness and Elacrity. We should not mearly
be equal, we should be superior to them in
every qualification that dignifies the man or
Soldier in proportion as the motives from
which we act and the final hopes of our toils
are superior to theirs — Thank Heaven our
Country abounds with provisions and with
prudent management we need not apprehend
want for any length of time. Defects in the
Commissaries Department, Contingencies of
weather and other Temporary EmpedementS'
have subjected and may agsun subject us to
deficiency in a few days But Soldiers Ameri-
can Soldiers will dispise the meanness of Re-
pining at such trifling strockes of Adversity,
Triffling Indeed when compared with the
Transcendent prize which will undoubtedly

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crown their patience and perseverance. Glory
and freedom, peace & plenty to themselves and
Comunity — The Admiration of the World,
the love of their Country and the gratitude of

Eosterity. Your General unceasingly employs
is thoughts on the means of releaving your
distresses ; suply your wants and bringing your
labours to a speedy and prosperous Issue —
Our Parent Country he hopes will second his
endeavours by the most vigorous exertions
and he is convinced that faithful Officers and
soldiers Associated with him in the great
work in rescuing their Country from Bondage
and Misery will continue in the display of that
patriotick Zeal which is capable of smooth-
ing every difficulty and vanquishing every
obstacle.

At a Brigade Court Martial held the 27*
Febr 78. whereof Col? Burr was President
U William Ball of the 12^ Pensf Reg? Tried
for disobedience of orders Insolence and un-
gentleman like behaviour. The Court after
mature Deliberation on the Evidence pro-
duced are clearly and unanimously of opinion
that L! Ball is not guilty and do Unani-
mously Acquit him with the highest Honour
of all and every the Charges exhibited against
him the Court do further unanimously agree
and determine that the Charges each and all
of them are groundless, frivolous & malicious,
that L! Ball's behaviour was truly Gentleman
like his attention and obedience to orders
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rather than Censure — The Commander in
Chief, Confirms the opinion of the Court and
orders Lieut! Ball to oe immediately released
from his Arrest. At a Gen! Court Martial
whereof Col? Courtland was President Febr
24.^ Joseph Worrell an Inhabitant of the State
tried for giving Intelligence to the Enemy
and for Acting as a Guide and pilote to the
Enemy The Court are of opinion that the
prisoner is Guilty of Acting as a Guide to
the Enemy and do acquit him of the other
chaise agains him. They do upwards of two
thirds agree. Sentence him to Suffer death.

His Excellency the Commander in Chief
approves the sentence and orders Joseph
Worrell to be executed next Tuesday 10
o'clock in the forenoon.

HiaJ Qnartirs ValUj Forgi March 2* iJjS*

Major Gm^, tomorrow Lord Stirling

Brigadier Scott

Field Officers . . L? Col? Russell &r

B. M. MiNNis

THE General Court Martial whereof
Col? Courtlandt was Pres! is De-
solv'd and another ordered to sit
Tomorrow 10 •CI. A. M. whereof
Col? Chandler is President. Each Brigade
a Captain as Members

The Execution of John Warrel is post-
poned to a future day

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Htad Qtuarters ValUy Forgi 3^ March lyyS

Major Gij^, Greene.

Brigadier Scott.

. . . Col? North ^ Major Haws.
M, B Claiborne

A GUARD House at y! new Bridge
over Schuylkill is to be Immediately
built on this Side. The Offiper
.of y? Guard is to Suffer no N.
Commissioned Officer or Soldier to pass from
y! Camp without leave in Writeing from y?
Commanding Officer of his Regiment. The
Qr Mr General is to delay no time in having
y? house built.

The General is Informed that notwith-
standing the repeated orders which have been
Issued to prevent Soldiers from Straggling
that the Country round about y! Camp, &
to a considerable distance, is full of them.
He once more calls upon y! Officers Com-
manding Regim? and Companies to attend to
this matter — as well to prevent yf mischiefs
resulting from this pernicious practice to y*
Inhabitants — as to be prepared at all times
against any sudden attempt of yf Enemy.
He has no doubt, but that every Brigadier
and Officer Commanding a Brigade has taken
proper pains to show every Reg! its proper
alarm posts to which they are to repair upon
any alarm at yf Fireing of yf usual Signal
Gunns.

All y? Major & Brigadier Generals are to
meet at Lf Sterlings Quarters at 10 •CI Tom!

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A. M. when they will take into considera-
tion a claim of Rank by Gen'f Muhlenburgi
Weedon, Woodford, & Scott, according to
case Stated, and such papers as are refered
to in it — which will be transfer'd & Re-
ported — Their opinion, as to y? proceedings,
they shall hold with respect to each other.

Hiad QMortirs ValUj Forge. ^5* Mareb ij^S

Major GiMiral L? SniujNO

Brigd*: Huntington

• Col? Bradford LT Col? Brbwstbr
B. Major M? Cowm

S y! Field Officers of y* day are so
busily employed in visiting yf Guards
'f day they are on Duty, as not to
able to wait on y! GenI —
He desires y? pleasure of their Company,
to dine with him the day after relieved.

Head Quarters FaUej Forge — jrf* Mareb jjji

Major Geff, Grunb

Brigadier Poor

. . CoL? RvMBLy L? CoL? Harnbt
B. Major M? Gowni

AS persons. Inhabitants of this State,
are often brought & Lodg'd in y!
Provost Guard, upon charge of be-
ing disaffected — or for other reasons
which upon Examination before a Court Mar-
tial appeard groundless, and those Persons
consequently subjected to needless Imprison-
ment — The Commander in Chief therefore,

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desires that in future, the Adjutant General
will before commitment, refer the cases of
such as appear to him not to come under
Cognizance for a breach of a late act of Con-
gress for punishing Persons for going in, or
comeine out of Philadelphia, for certain pur-
poses therein discrib'd to y? Judge Advocate,
m order that if he does not think the charges
well supported by yf Evidence, the Prisoners
may be immediately discharged.

Head Quarter j — ra//ey Forge. 6'} Mar eh jS.
Major General L? Stirling

Brig^, MUHLENBURG

• . . . LtCol?Buford Brooiifield
B. Major DevVall

Heatt Quarters Valley Forge — 7'* March j8

Major General Greene

Brigadier Patterson

. . . . L? Col? Ray — Major Porter
B. Major Bailbt

THE Commander in Chief orders &
Directs that captures of Provisions,
actually going into Philadelphia,
must be made under the Eye, and
by the approbation of a Commissioned officer,
and no forfeitures will otherwise take place.
Provisions so taken, will be for yf benefit
of yf Captures, and on authentic certificates of
their being properly taken of yf officers Com-
manding Parties, and delivered to yf Commis-
sary of Purchases in Camp, will pay for them.

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All officers arc strictly cnjoinM to use y*
greatest caution in y? matter, that It may not
be made a pretext for plundering and Injur-
ing the well effected Inhabitants.

HfaJ Quarters. Vallej Forge. 8^ March 78

Major General Sullivan

Brig^, M^ Imtosh

LT Col? Wbysenfbildtz — Major Hughlins
B. Major Learned

When officers from y? Brigade are ap-
pointed for duty, they are to attend on yf
Brigade Parade and march from thence with
yf men.

The officers Commanding Regiments are
desir*d to give strict charge to their men to
abstain from easing themselves on, and dirty-
ing the Front of yf Encampment, as the con-
sequence will be fatal to the health, in the
warm season which is approaching fast.

Head Quarters. Valley Forge. 9? March 78*

Major General Lord Stirling

Brigadier Woodford

. . L7 Col? Davis — Major Talbot
B. Major Staggb

THE Cloathier General will have
particular regard to Morgan's Corps
— The Artillery — The 16 addi-
tional Battalions — and the N. Car-
olina Brigades — when yf next supply of
Cloathing arrives — as yf former are not pro-
vided for by any State, and yf latter are so far

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distant from their own^ that they have not
received any supply from thence.

Head Qnartirs. FsUey Fn-gi. i(f} March j8.

MajK Genl Green

BrigadUr Varnum

Col? Ogdbn Maj? Thair

B. Major Day

THE month's Extraordinary pay
and for the month Dec! may be
received at the Pay Master Gen*f he
having been prevented paying it this
day agreeable to Yesterday's after Orders —
At a Gen! Court Martial whereof Col? Tupper
was president 8^ Ins! L! Til ton of the 12^
Virginia Reg! tried for Embezzleing The
Country's Clothing drawn for the Soldiers in
the Compy to which he belongs — 2?
251y for taking a blanket from William Smith
fifer in the sr Company by which means he
suffered much the Court are of opinion that
L! Tilton is not Guilty of the Charges ex-
hibited against him and do Acquit him the
Commf in Chief Confirms the Opinion and
Orders Lieutenant Tilton to be discharged
from his Arrest — at a Brigade Court Mar-
tial whereof Maj! Buckard was president 6^
Ins! Mf Robertson adjut! of the 1^ Virg?
R^ Try'd with his own Consent for en-
couraging a Soldier's Wife to Sell liquors in
Gen! Mulenburgh's Brigade without leave
Also for taking the liquors afrer they were
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of the Brigade and Saying it should not be
taken away and for Repeatedly geting Drunk
and behaving in an Ungentlemanlike manner —
the Court are of Opinion that Ml Robertson
is guilty of detaining and Using liquors Seiz'd
by the Commanding Officer of the Brigade
and Saying it should not be taken away and
Sentence him to be Repremanded in Brigade
Orders for so doing, and Acquit him of the
other Charges The Comm! in Chief approves
the Sentence and Orders it to take place as
soon as may be — At a Gen! Court martial
whereof Cot Bradley was president 13 Ins?
Lieut! French tried for refusing to do duty
in positive terms when properly warn'd The
Court are of opinion that Lieut! French is not
Guilty and do acquit him — The Commf in
Chief approves the Sentence and Orders him
dischare'd from his arrest — At a Brigade
Court Martial of Artillery whereof Col? Stro-
bough was president 8th Instant Thomas
Coshall and Sam! Burress of Col? Lames Reg!
of Artillery tried for desertion the Prisoner's
pleads guilty Confessing their intention to
desert to the Enemy do Sentence them to
receive 500 Lashes each on their bare backs
well laid on — The Comm! in Chief dis-
approves the Sentence as being Illegal and
Orders them to be tried anew by a Gen! Court
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HtMi QMMrtfrs, Vallej Forge ^ ii*} March ijj8

Major Gen^, Sullivan

BrigadUr Huntington

• . . Col? Starr Major Wallace
B. Major Johnston

Head Quarters — Falley Forge 12^ M 1778

Major Geui L? Stirling

Brigadier Poor

. . LT Col? Davis, Lt Col? Bassett
B. Major Harskill

Head Quarters, ValUy Forge, iji March 1778

Major Gen^, Greene

Brigadier Muhlenburg

. . . Col? Bonner, Major Cropper
B. Major Alden

THE Commander in Chief being in-
form'd that notwithstanding his order
of 7^ January last, the Carcases of
Dead Horses lay in, or near the
Camp, and that yf Of&l near many of y?
Commissaries Stalls, still lay unburied, that
much Filth and nastiness, is spread amongst
y? Hutts, which will soon be reduc'd to
a state of putrefaction and cause a Sickly
Camp — Out of tender regard for y? lives
& health of his brave Soldiery, and with
suprise that so little attention is paid to his
orders. He again in yf most positive terms,
orders & Commands that y! Q! Mf General
apply for men, from time, to time, to bury
such Dead Horses as shall lay at any con-
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Eermit any of them to lay unburied, & that
e compell some of his Assistants to see this
order strictly comply*d with — The Division
& Brigade Commissaries are constantly to
bury the Offal & Damag'd provisions, near
their Quarters — The Commandants of Di-
visions & Brigades, are desir'd to see this
order implicitly obeyed, and further, that y?
Field officers of yf Day take particular notice,
and report any neglect thereof — The Com-
manding officers of Regiments & Corps, will
Immediately order their Ql Masters to see their
Respective Encampments cleans'd — Their
old Valts fiird and new ones Dug — all filth
& Nastiness buried, and fresh earth thrown
into the Vaults twice every Day — As the
above orders are essentially necessary to pre-
serve health in Camp, no plea of Ignorance
will be admitted and yf least breach thereof,
will be severely noticed.

In case y! Non-commission'd Officers or
Soldiers are muster'd out by y? Commissary
of Musters — yf Brigadiers and officers Com-
manding Brigades will give them Discharges
either to Return to their own homes, or to
go into yf Corps of Invalids, at yf option of
yf men. They will not transfer them to that
Corps, unless fit to do duty in it.

Major Claiborne will in Future mount
a Brigade Guard to afford three Sentinals with
orders to Fire on any man who shall be found
easing himself elsewhere than in yf Valts.

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B, Orders

l^ of March Ijj8

A party of i Sub. Q. Sen! 2 Corporals &
20 Privates to be paraded this Mornf at 11
oClock, the men to be under the Direction
of M' Trent, Brigade Q. Master who is to
see all the filth & nastiness in front of the
Brigade is cleared away and covered, and the
old Vaults be filled up & new ones dug.
The sub to sec the men do their Duty. —
This party to be paraded every Morn?, for
the time of Troop beating, Untill Mf Trent
informs the Business for which they were taken
out is finished

G. o.

MaJ9r Gei^. Sterling

BrigsdUr Pattbrson

Fiild Offiars . L7 Col? Mbadb^ Major Pawluc
Brigade Maj\ Marvin

AT a Genl C. Martial whereof Brig!
Gen! M? Intosh was present March
the lo'? 78. Col* W? Cook of y* 12.
Pen? R^ tryed for disobedience of
Orders in sundry Instances, (to wit) Fil^t
about the 20^ of Dec! last when the Enemy
advanced over Schuylkill the Brigade to which
he belongs was ordered and did march toward
the Enemy, but Cook absented himself from
his R^ and did not join it again whilst in
that service which was near Ten Days after
the Regiment was in Camp Again about two
days after being; refused leave of Absence did
without leave abscond from Camp, and never
Returned till two or three days smce —

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For giving leave of Absence to Officers of his
Reg! and reporting them absent without leave
for which they were never brought before a
Court Martial & Acquitted —
The Court having duly considered the evi-
dence produced & are of opinion that the
Col? after having been refused leave absent (sic)
himself from Camp, and did not return for
two or three Months after he went away
being a breach of Genl Orders 22? Decf last
and contrary to good order & Discipline and
do sentence him on Account of some particu-
lar circumstances and on the Acc^ of the good
Character he has sustained as a good Officer)
only to be reprimanded in Gent Orders, but
do acquit him of Furloughing his Officers
and reporting them absent without leave —
The Comml in chief approves the sentence
and hopes that the disgrace to an Officer
of Col! Cooks rank of being found guilty of
leaving Camp without permission will be a
sufficient reprimand — At a Genl Court
Martial whereof Col"* Tupper was Presid! the
10^ of March 1778. — L! Enslin of Col?
Marcums Cf tryed first for Attempting to
commit sodomy, with Jn? Monhart a Soldier.
2^"* for Perjury in Swearing to false Accf found
guilty of the charges Exhibited against him
and do sentence him to be dismist the Service
with Infamy, —

The Commf In chief approves the Sentence
& with abhorrence & Detestation of such
infamous Crimes, orders U Enslin to be

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drummed out of Camp tomorrow Mf by all
the Drums & Fifes in the Army never to
return The Drums & Fifes to attend on the

fraud Parade at Guard Mounting for that
^urpose
At a Court of Enquiry held in the Brigade
of Artillery L! Col? Strobough was present
the 11^ Instant, to examine into a Complaint
Exhibited by one Jn? Wilson against Capt"
Rice & Proctor Enf of Col* Proctors Regi-
ment for plundering & taking by force & for
permitting the Soldiers to take a Quantity
of Household Furniture and other Articles
from the Complainant —
The Court upon hearing the Evidence and
allegations of the party are of opinion that
Exhibited ag! Capt? Rice & Proctor Ens?
are Groundless, Consequently the Comp!
Quash'd —

G. O. Hesd Qudrters Fslky Forgi Msreb tbi is^ 78 —

MaJ9r Geif. t9m9rrow Green

Brigadiir M9 Intosh

Field Officers • Col? Maglesworth Major. Turner

Brigade Major Minnes

For detachment • Col? Potter, L? Col^ Byan ^

Maj? Church

THE Gen! C. Martial whereof
Col? Tupper is PresI is dissolved
& another ordered to sit to mor-
row, A. M at 10 oClock at the
Adjutant Gen!* —
Qu? Col? Swift is appointed Pres! —

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Each Brigade gives a Captf for the Court
all Evidences & persons concerned are desired
to attend at the time & place mentioned,
more Especially against the Inhabitants of
this State now confined in the Provo, as
their Tryal will come on tomorrow Among
Inconveniences & Injuries having arisen to
the service from the Powers Exercised by
Officers on granting Furloughs, The Hon .
The Continental Congress in order to prevent
the like in future has been pleased to Resolve,
That the Commf in chief or the Commf of
a separate Department shall have full power
and Authority to suspend or limit power of
Granting, Furloughs or leave of Absence and
to reserve it wholly to himself or to Impart
it to such Officer or Officers as he thinks fit
According as he shall judge the good of the
service requires and that no Officer under
Colour or pretence of Authority to him
granted by the 2*^ Article in the rules and
Regulations of War grant any Furloughs
or leave of Absence, Contrary to the Order
of the Comm! in chief or a Comm! of a De-
partment on pain of being punishd for dis-
obedience of Orders. All Officers are to pay
strict obedience to the foregoing Resolution,
and none are to grant Furloughs, of leave
of Absence on any pretence whatsoever. Ex-
cept such as are authorized by Gen! Orders
and they only under such limitations & Re-
strictions as have been or shall be Appointed
by the Comm! in chief. All Passes to Soldiers

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going out of Camp are to be taken from
them, or return by the Officers Commanding
Guards, and destroyed The Markets which
have been held heretofore on the other side
of Schuylkill, is to be held in future on the
west side near the Bridge —
The Gen! preceiving that there is a great abuse
and waste of Hides from the present mode
of leaving them with the Brigades till ex-
chang'd can be AfEected directs in future
that the Commf of each Brigade will deliver
all the Hides produced in his Brigade to the
Comm^ of Hides, taking his Receipt for them
and keeping an Ace* with him for the future —
The Brigadiers will still continue their con-
tracts as heretofore directed and for the Per-
formance will give Orders upon the Comm^
of Hides who is hereby required to make
Returns the i** day in each Month at Head
Quarters of the Number and Weight of Hides
Rec? and issued by him a most convenient
mode of Delivering the hides will be to send
them by the Brigade Provision Waggons to
the Commf of Issues where they will be Reef
by the Commf of Hides & a Receipt given
for them. The Commf of Hides will attend
at Head Quarters Tomorrow Morn? at lo
oClock At a General C Martial whereof
Col? Tupper was Pres! L! Oliver was try*d
for sendmg a Corporal & a file of men into
Col? Stewarts Reg! to seize a Cag of Whiskey,
belonging to one of his Officers, without con-
sulting Col* Stewart or any of his Officers

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upon mature Consideration^ the Court are of
Opinion that L! Oliver is guilty of the charge
Exhibited against him, and thinks that how-
ever laudable U Olivers intentions were, on
seizing the Whiskey of the men who sold
it. The mode he fell on was not by any means
justifiable, as many ill Consequences must
nessessarily follow the practice of sending a
file of Men into another Reg! to seize any
thing without Application to the Commf
Officer —

The Gen! confirms the Opinion, and orders
that L! Oliver be discharg d from his Arrest
At the same Court ii*? Ins! Edw* Gressut,
tryed for going into Philad? found guilty
& Sentence to receive loo Lashes, — The
Comm' in chief approves the Sentence and
orders it to be put in Execution Tomorrow
Mornf at Guard mounting on the grand
parade —

The Regim! P. M. & others who received
Money of the P. M. G. on Wednesday and
Thursday last are requird to examine their
Cash, as he made a mistake to his prejudice.
The Col! and Comm? Officers of Corps are de-
sired to see that their Respective Pay masters
have Immediate notice of this Matter —
R. Officer for the day tomorrow L! Parker —

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G. O. Head Quarters Valley Ferge March i6^ j8.

Majer Gen^, Lord Stirling

Brigadier, Woodford

Field OJP: . . LT Col? Miller — Major Winslow
Brigade Major Claiborne

THE Gen! C. Martial whereof
Brig! Genl M* Intosh was prest dis-
solved —
At a Gen! C. Martial whereof
Col? Bradley was Pres! 7^ Ins! L* Armours of
the I* Pensylv* Reg! tryed, having in many Re-
spects Unbecoming a Gentleman found guilty
of the Charges Exhibited against him & sen-
tenced to be discharged from the service —
But in Consideration of the Excell! Character
given the Court of L! Armours & several
Circumstances in the mode of Prosecution
appearing malicious. The Court do in the
strongest terms. Unanimously Recommend
him to his Excellf Pardon — The Gen' ap-
proves the sentence but in Consideration of
the Courts Recommendation is pleased to
pardon him, yet with Abhorrence of such
practices as L! Armours has Indulged himself
m, which are highly derogatory to the Char-
acter of an Officer, He expects the Instance
of Clemency will properly effect his future
conduct —

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March f, if^ lyjS —

Maj9r Gei^ G&bbhb

Brigl •••••• Vbunon —

FUld Off". . . . Col? Clark Major Johnston
Brigsdi Major Oodbn

ONE hundred Chosen men are to be
annexed to the Guard of the Com-
mander in chief for the purpose of
forming a Corps to be Instructed
in the Maneuvres necessary to be introduced
in the Army, and serve as a model for the
Execution of them — As the Geni* guard
is composed entirely of Virginians, The icx>
Draugnts are to be taken trom the Troops
of the other States —

G. o—

March f, iS^ lyji —

Major Gen^. Lord Stirling

Brigadier Poor —

^- Offt' . . . L» Col? Basset, Major Talbot
Brigade Major M? Cormick

INOCULATION for the small pox hav-
ing been haply performed in all the Sub-
jects in Camp it is necessary to guard
against the fatal effects of that disorder
taken in the Natural way —

The Commf in chief therefore Injoins all
Officers Comm? Rcfi^ upon the Arrival of
Recruits or return of Absent Soldiers to make
an immediate and strict Enquiry whether they
have had the small Pox, & order such as
have not to be inoculated by the R^. Surgeon,

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and in case the Regiment should be unpro-
vided with one» to give instant notice thereof
to the Surgeon General

The men ordered for his Excellencies
Guard tomorrow morning on y? Grand Parade
at Guard mounting.

Head Quarters — ValUj Forge ^ /p(* March j8

Major General Greene

Brigadier Muhlenburg

. . • Col? Yoke Major Braddish
B. Major M^ Gowik

THE Commander in chief directs,
that the officers will be very atten-
tive to yf Water which their men
Drink — The little springs about
Camp, from which they have been accustom'd
to supply themselves during yf Winter, will,
in their present State, become extreemly Im-
pure, and pernicious, in yf approaching warm
season — As it is a matter so essential, It is
expected that yf officers will, without Delay,
take measures to provide good Water for their
men, by having yf Springs open'd & cleaned,
and well sunk in proper places, with Barrels
to preserve them, taking care to have them
frequently emptied and cleansed, to prevent
any accumulation of Filth.

To prevent a False alarm, notice is hereby
given, that a Cannon will be discharged at
yf Park of Artillery tomorrow at Sunset

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Head Qudrtirs — Falky Fnge, 2(f} March 78

Major General L? Stiuing

Brigadier Patterson

. . . LT Col? Mabon ; Major Cabell
B. Major Dbu Vall

AT a Division Court Martial whereof
Major Johnston was President
March 15? 78 — L! Davis of Coif
Angels Regim! try*d for Swearing
on yf Evening of y? 2? Instant, after being
warned for duty. . . . That if he could not
get rid of that tower, he would Feign himself
sick, for he was determined not to do it, and
would suffer himself to be Cashiered with
infamy before he would go — and for refusing
yf tour accordingly.

The Court, after ye most mature delibera-
tion, unanimously adjudge L! Davis guilty
of a breach of 21-article, 14 Sec: of yf articles
of war, & sentence him to be Discharg'd yf
service, as ordered in said article — The Com-
mander in Chief approves yf Sentence, and
orders it to take place Immediately.

March 20^ 78

All Persons who have any accounts with Mf
Mead formerly Commissary to this Brigade,
are to call and Settle them as Soon as possible
— as his Books will be delivered to yf Com-
missary Gen! in a Few days, and Himself will
leave Camp Shortly

B. O.

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Head Quarters Vallej Firgi, Jd* Manb

Maj§r Gentral L? SruaiNO

BrigadUr Vbrnuu

LT Col? LnTLBPiBLD, Major Murpht
B. Msj§r Stagg

S a System of easy Maneuvres is to
be introduced with a view of Estab-
lishing uniformity in these points
.thro'out y! army — The Com-
manding Officers of Brigades and Raiments
are desir'd to discontinue exercising and Ma-
nceuv'ring their men by way of Instruction,
until yf new R^ulations Shall be distributed
— Such exercises as are Indispensably neces-
sary in yf Ordinary Camp duties, may in
y? mean time be performed according to y?
accustomed methods.

The prices of the Following articles* • •
Rum • • • French Brandy • • • Jinn • • . Spirits
• • • & Cyder-Royal not being noted in yf
General Orders of y? 26^ January last — The
Vendors of these articles have taken advantage,
and therefore Sell them at yf most Exorbitant
Rates. • . • The Brigadiers and Officers Com-
manding Brigades are desir'd to meet at Gen!
Woodford's Quarters on Tuesday morning,
10 •CI. to Regulate yf prices of yf above.
The Adj! Gen! is to purchase all Arms &
accoutriments of Deserters, & no other Person.

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Head Quarters — Falley Firge — 22i March

Majer Geif, Greene

Brigadier M^ Intosh

. . . LT Col? Burr. Major Hatsh
Brigade Majer Bailey

THE Brigade Inspectors are desir'd
to attend at Head Q? on Monday
lo •€!. precisely.
The Brigadiers and Officers
Commanding Brigades are desir'd to make
an Exact Return to yf Adj! General tomorrow
at Orderly time of yf N? of rounds of Am-
munition that each of their men are Furnish'd
with ; and what quantity of spare Cartridges
are in the Hands of their Quarter Masters.

Officers Commanding R^ments are de-
sir'd to make the Returns Csdl'd for in Gen!
Orders — to Major Claiborne.

Failej Ferge, Jji March

Major Gen^, Greene

Brigadier Wayne

Lt Col? Ballard, Major Nichou
B. Majer Day

AS y? Season is approaching fast when
every thing should be held in y!
most perfect readiness for y? Field ;
yf Comm. in Chief reminds the
Brigadiers of the former order to provide
Bayonets for their men, and y? Officers of
y? necessity of procuring Espontoons.

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B. o. The Difierent Majors, Captains, and a

Subaltern from each Cfompany, are to attend
by order of yf Commander in Chief (at y!
Hours or 8. ""CI in y? morning, and 4 in y!
Afternoon) on Major Cabbell, to observe a
body of men, learn yf Manaeuvers &c, to be
practiced by the whole Army —

Galley F$rgi, 24^ March 78.

Major Gemral Lord Stirling

Brigadier Poor

. • • LT Col? Parker, Major Bell
B. MajiT Johnston

THE Honourable Continental Con-
gress have been pleas'd to appoint
Major General Greene, Quarter
Master General in y? Army of y?
United States — reserving his Rank or Major
General in y! same, and John Cox, and Charles
Pettit Esq!! Assistant Quarter Masters Gen-
eral — All of whom respectively are to be
consider'd and Respected as Such.

At 9 ''CI, precisely, all y? Brigades will
begin their Exercise — each Regiment on its
own Parade, & yf Inspector General will at-
tend. In the Afternoon, y? Brigade will begin
the Exercise, at 4, & finisn at 5 ^'CK

The Commander in Chief strictly enjoins
it upon yf Commissary General of Issues,
to keep a quantity of hard bread for yf use
of Detachments, which may be order'd out
upon any Sudden Immergency; likewise of

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Salt provisions if possible Of the above,
he will issue to vf Brigade Commissaries to
be kept in Store for the Same purpose.

In future the Brigade Major will give the ^- ^•
Names of all Officers for duty ; and as this
may cause some to go out of their turn by
reason of the method heretofore practis'd;
It is expected that the Gentlemen will ac-
quiese, for the Sake of Regularity hereafter.

The Adjutants are daily to attend on the
Brigade Major for orders, precisely at j'^Cl
in the Afternoon.

By Command.

R Claiborne, B. M.

raUey Forgg, Mdrcb gf!' 1778
Major General Lord Stirling

Bri^, MUHLBNBURO

• . Col? LsvnfGSTON, L? Col? Russell
B. Major Harskell

THE Honourable, the Congress,
having appointed Matthew Clark-
son and Major John Clark Esq!!,
Auditors, to settle, and adjust the
accounts of the whole army — They are to
be respected accordingly.

Any Person who have accounts to be
audited by them, may find them at the house
of Griffith Johns, about three miles beyond
the Pay Master Generals Quarters —

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VdlUy F$rgi, 2&i March iyy8

Till further orders the Major General of
the day is dispens'd with —

Brigadier Patterson

• LT Col? Millbr, (sT Major Lbdyard
Brigade Majer Marvin

NO Scouting Party is to be sent out
of Camp, unless it be by order of
the Commander in Chief. . . • The
General Officer of the Day. ... or
the Adjutant General, 'till the Army be in
a moving State and Circumstances require it.
Disobedience, or Neglect of this order, will
be severely punish'd; and as many officers
have been Captivated by their own folly
and Carelessness, The General most expressly
orders, that whereever this is found to be
the case, such officers Shall be the last Ex-
changed — Notwithstanding, in point of time,
they would be Intitled to preference.

No officer Commanding at an out-post, or
upon a Scouting Party, is to mvt passes into
Philadelphia, under pain of being try'd for
Disobedience of orders — . The very end,
and Design of these Parties, are defeated by
this means. The Adjutant General will take
care that these orders are Communicated to
all officers on Detach'd Commands

No boats to pass Sullivan's Bridge, with-
out permission from the Officer Commanding
the Guard there, who will be strict in Exam-

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ining them, and permit no suspicious Persons
to pass.

Vdlky Forge, 2 ft March lyyS

Brigadier Maxwell

. • . Col? Bradford (sT Maj? Taylor
B. Major Minnis.

THE Numerous inconveniences of
a large train of Baggage, must be
apparent to every officer of the least
consideration. An Army by means
of it is render'd unwieldy, and Incapable of
acting with that ease and celerity, which
are essential — either to its own security and
Defence, or to vigour, and enterprize in its
offensive opperations. The Solicitude, which
those who have a large quantity at Stake, will
feel for its safety, even in the most critical
circumstances, is sometimes attended with
very alarming consequences, and Individuals,
frequently, and unavoidably, sustain no In-
considerable losses from the Imprudence of
encumbering themselves with Superfluous
baggage. . . . The Publick is burthen'd with
a fruitless expense, in an additional number
of Horses, and Waggons; and the strength
of the army is deminish'd by the extraordinary
Number of Guards rcquir d for their protec-
tion. These disadvantages, and many more,
that will suggest themselves on reflection. . . .
Notwithstanding the pains taken to remedy
them, have been heretofore, severely felt by
this Army. Many instances, will be recol-

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lected in the course of the last Campaign;
and among others, the great loss, which at-
tended sending the Superfluous baggage, dur-
ing the most active part of it, to a distance
from the Army. The Commander in Chief,
hopes these considerations will influence ofli-
cers in the ensueing Campaign, to provide
themselves with those necessaries only, which
cannot be dispens'd with, and with the means
of carrying them, in the most easy and con-
venient manner; In order to which, He
strongly recommends the disuse of Chests, &
Boxes, and that Portmanteau's & Valeesces,
made of Duck be substituted in stead of
them. This will be more requisite, as its in
Contemplation, to employ as few Waggons
as possible, and to make use of Pack Horses,
as far as may be practicable. It is expected
the General & Field Oflicers, will set the
Example, and see, that it is strictly followed
by all those under their respective Commands.
Oflicers at out Posts, receiving Letters by
Fla^, address'd to the Commander in Chief
by ^General Howe, whose Name is always
Endorsed on them, are desir*d to give Re-
ceipts for the same.

As the Commy in Chief is anxious to have
the Interior line of Defence compleated, He
desires, that the Brigadiers, and officers Com-
manding Brigades, will meet at General Var-
num's Quarters tomorrow at 1 1 'CI, and there,
or at the line, assign each Brigade its propor-
tion, which they will cause to be executed,

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under the Inspection of the Enginiers, with
as much dispatch as possible.

Valley Forge, March jS^i IJJS.

Brigadier Watnb

• . • Lt Col? Harmbr. ki Major Haws
B. Major Claibornb

AT a board of the Brigadiers, and
Officers Commanding Brigades, the
price of sundry Liquors, were fix'd
on as follows, and now ratified by
the Commander in Chief (To wit) West India
Rum, or Spirits at 15/, Continental Rum 10/,
Jin 9/, French Brandy 19/, and syder-rowal
2/p! Quart, and in larger, or smaller quantities
at the same Rates.

On Monday next, the Troops will beat
at half past 7, in the morning, and the Guards
to be on the Grand Parade by 8 •CI precisely,
in order to be exercis'd, previous to guard
mounting. Major Wallace, Brigade Inspector
in General Woodford's Brigade will Command,
& is to have two Adjutants from that Brigade
to assist him.

On Sunday at io?Cl. in the forenoon,
all the Brigade Inspectors, with the Ofiicers,
and Non-Commission'd Ofiicers, who are to
mount guard on Monday, will attend at Head
Quarters, where the Inspector General, will
instruct them, in what is to be done the next
day.

Baron Steuben, a Lieutenant General in
foreign service, and a Gentleman of great

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Military experience, having obliglingly under-
taken to exercise the office of Inspector Gen-
eral in this army. . . . The Commander in
Chief ('till the pleasure of Congress shall be
known) desires that he may be respected and
obey'd as such; and hopes & Expects, that
all officers of whatsoever Rank in it, will
afford him ev^ery aid in their power, in the
Execution of his office.

Lieutenant Colonels ; Davis ; Brooks ; and
Barber ; and Mr Temant are appointed to act
as Sub Inspectors, the three former, retaining
their Rank in the line.

The Importance of establishing an uniform
system of useful Manoeuvres, and regularity
of Discipline, must be obvious. The de-
ficiency of our Army in these respects, must
be equally so. The time we shall probably
have, to mtroduce the Necessary reformation,
is short Without the most active exertions
therefore of Officers of every class, it will be
impossible to derive the advantages propos'd
from this institution, which are of^the greatest
moment to the success of the ensueing Cam-
paign. Aimiments surely, need not be multi-
plied to kindle the zeal of Officers; in a
matter of such essential consequence to their
own honour; the advancment of the Service,
& the prosperity of our Arms.

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Valley Forge, ^p** March Ijj8

Brigadier Varnum

. • . LT Col? Harney, Major Peters
B. Major Ogden

THE following officers arc appointed
Brigade Inspectors, and are to
be respected, and obeyed in their
several Brigades. Col? Tupper in
General Patterson's Brigade, L! Col? Sprout
in Glovers, Major Wallace in Woodford's,
Major Cabells in Weedon's, M^or Hull in
Learned's, Major Fish in Poors, Major Broom-
field in Maxwells, Major Ryan in the i?
Pens?, Major Hulling in late Conway's, Cap-
tain Smith in Vamum's, Captain Canvers in
Huntington's, Cap! Ingles in Mflntosh's,
Cap! M^Gowin in the 2? renns?.

Vallej Forge, j&i March 1778.

Brigadier Poor

• • LT Col? Buford ^ Major Porter.
B. M^or M^CoRMiCK

THE General Court Martial whereof
Col? Ogden was President is de-
solv'd and another order'd to sit
tomorrow at 10 "^Cl, at the usual
place whereof Colonel Vosce is appointed
President, to try all such Prisoners as shall
be brought before him. Each Brigade gives
a Captain for the Court

As the operations of the ensueing Campaign,
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dispensably necessary that the spare baggage
of the army should be at a distance from this
Camp, and it may be inconvenient, and per-
haps impracticable, for want of Teams, to
remove it the Instant it may be requisite;
The General desires that the officers will loose
no time in disengaging themselves from every
thing thev can possibly spare. On the means
of removing it, they will Consult the Quarter
Master General, who may have empty Waggons
returning from Camp.

ValUy Forge ^ 31 March 1^78
Briradier MJIktosh

. . L? Col? Rbgnier, Major Campbell
B. Majn- Berryan

^^^■^ ERMAN Town being appointed to
m ^ meet the Commissioners from the
M "W two armies, a strict neutrality, and
^^ M suspension of Hostilities, are to be
observed in all the extent of that village, and
all officers, whether Continental, or Militia,
are expressly forbid to entre there, either with
their Parties, or singly, or to do any thing
that may in any wise tend to violate the
peace, which is to subsist in the above men-
tioned place till farther orders

Tho! Reed Esq' is appointed assistant Pay
M' Gen! and is to be consider'd as such

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VaUij F$rge, April it ijji.

BrigadUr
B. Maj$r.

Patterson

Lt Col? Brbarlby, & Major Allison
Bailet— —

SOME Brigades were late in sending
their men on to the grand Parade this
morning. . • . The General is willing
to attribute this to the difference in
watches ; and to the end, that greater punctu-
ality may be observed in future with respect
to time • • . the Adjutant General is to regu-
late his watch by the Clock at Head Quarters
— The Brigade Majors by his, and the Adju-
tants by their B. Majors

Falky Fn-gg, 2i April ijjS

Brigadier. Maxwell

• . • Col? Becker, Lt Col? Hublet
B. Majir. Harkskell

THE Inspector of the first Pensyl-
vania Brigade, will command the
Parade tomorrow. He will bring
with him two Adjutants of his
Brigade, and when the parade is over, remit
the Command for next day to the Brigade
Inspector of the 2? Pens? Brigade, and his two
Adjutants; who are desir'd to attend the
Parade tomorrow for that purpose. The same
method to be observ'd in regular rotation.
The Inspector General purposes Exercising
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tomorrow, and at ii, those of General Poor's
Brigade

As the Stumps and Brush in front of the
new line afford an excellent obstacle to the
approach of an enemy, 'tis expressly forbid,
that any of it should be burnt by Fatigue
Parties, or others for the distance of extreme
Musket-range in front of the line ; of which
all officers Commanding a Regiment, are to
take particular notice. There is a sufficiency
of Wood within the lines, to furnish stakes
for the Work —

B. O. Aprils^, 1778.

As the prices of the Cloathing drawn by
the officers of the Virginia line, cannot be
ascertained at present; and as the Virginia
Brigadiers are in some measure accountable
to the State for the Cloathing drawn. ... It is
expected that a remittance will be made by
them in part Col? Stewart (by their desire)
requests the officers of the Brigade, to pay into
the hands of their respective Pay Masters;
Such sums of Money as they shall think ade-
quate to the Cloathing each of them received.

The Paymasters are to keep such accounts,
and give and rive {sic) receipts for the money
receiv'd, and then pay it to Coif Palfrey Pay
Master General, who will give receipts for the
sums paid in by each Regiment.

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VaIUj Forgi, Jpril ji 7*.

Brigadier, Waynb

. . L? Col? Greene (sT Major Varnuu

B. Major Seely

Inspector from 2? Pens^ Brigade

THE works of the new line being
very carelessly executed in many
parts, and the representations of the
Engineers to the Officers Command-
ing Fatigue Parties, having hitherto been of
no avail. . . . The General calls upon the
several Brigadiers to Inspect the part which
has been allotted to their Brigades, and order
the defects to be remedied, which appears to
be principally oweing to the weakness of the
Stakes, and those of the exterior face being
plac'd too Parpendicularly

Falley Forge, 4*h April 1778.

Brigadier, Varnxhh

. . Lt Col? Vosce, tsT Major Sumner

B. Major, Tenychb

Inspector from Gen^ Poor

THE Brigadier of the day is to visit
the Prisoners in the Provost during
his hour of duty, & to enquire into
the manner of their treatment, which
he is to report with the N? & kind of them
and length of Confinement when he gives in the
General Report of the Guards & occurrencies.
This is to be a standing order & punctually
obeyd —

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Brigadier Poor

. . L? Col? Mead (sT Major Paughling

Brigade Major Marvin

Inspector from Glovers Brigade

THE Brigade Inspectors — Bn^de
Majors, and all the Adjutants of the
Battalions are to attend on the Grand
Parade tomorrow morning at guard
mounting.

No Furlows to be granted to Non-com-
missioned officers of soldiers till further orders.

Falley Forge, &t April 1778

Brigadier, Mvhlenburg

. • Col? Weston^ {jT Lt Col? Marshall

Bm Major, Mennis

Inspector from Learnem Brigade

LIEUTENANT Col? Greene is ap-
pointed to yf Command of the Io!^
& U. Col? Davis to y? Command
of the 14^ Virginia Regiments till
further orders, and are to be respected ac-
cordingly.

At a General Court Martial whereof Col?
Vosce was Pres! March 31. 78. . . . Lieutenant
Dunn of Col? Patton's Regiment of General
Scott's Brigade, try'd for striking and un-
gentlemanlike behaviour to Lieutenant Street,
oc acquitted. — The Commander in Chief
confirms the sentence, and orders L! Dunn
to be discharged from his arrest. ... At the
same time observing, that the frequent pro-

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ceedings of Courts Martial presented to him,
which seems to originate more from Personal
prejudice, & private animosities than a real
Intention to promote the good of the Service,
gives him very sensable pain. He wishes the
officers of his army, to consider themselves
as a band of Brothers, cemented by the Justice
of the Common Cause. . • . that a perfect
harmony might subsist amongst them, and
that they would settle all private disputes
amongst themselves, in an Amicable manner
— ever being cautious, not to trouble Courts
Martial, or the General, with private dissen-
tions, or add Papers to the Publick piles,
which may hereafter reflect disgrace upon them-
selves and the army —

ValUj Fgrgi, 7* Jpnl 1778

Brigadier Pattirson

Co. Gray » LT Col? Neval

B. Msjgr Claiboilnb

InsfictiT frem Pattbrson's Brigade

THE Commanding Officers of Ra-
iments & Corps, are desir'd to be
very Particular in their next weekly
return, to account for their ofT* and
men who are absent sick. ... on Furlough,
on Command, & the places where; that
proper measures may be taken to call them
m to Join their respective Corps. The
General strictly enjoins it upon them to be
exceeding exact, to mention those off!! in any
Department, who detain any of their Soldiers

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as waiters or for anjr other purpose, and every
particular circumstance relative to their ab-
sence, as his fix'd determination is, that he
will know the true state of his army —

^- ^- In future, all Commissioned oflF? who

mount guard will carry their Name, Brigade,
and Regiment, to be delivered to the Brigade
Major of the day when call'd for on the
grand Parade.

ValUj Forge ^ 8. April j8.

Brigadier Maxwell

. . . Col? Brewer ^ Major Winslow

B. Major t Ogden

Inspector from Weedon's Brigade.

A RENEWAL of the orders relative
to the Cleanliness, and proper ap-
pearance of Soldiers, who are to
mount guard, however great a re-
proach to the Officers, whose provinces it is
to attend to these points is become necessary.
The Adjutants in whom the delinquency
originates, as it is their dutjr in the first
instance to inspect the Arms, Ammunition,
accoutriments and dress of the men before
they quit their Regimental Parades, are par-
ticularly caird upon. The B. Majors are
required, minutely to examine the Detach-
ments assembled on the Brigade Parade in
all the above mentioned Respects; and the
Adjutants are to remain there, till the men

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are marchd off in order to answer for anjr
Deficiency.

When the guards are assembled on the grand
parade, the Brigade Major and Field officers
of the Day, are carefully to repeat the same.
• • • Examination of arms &c, and to order
the Adjutants under an arrest, when any ill
appearance, or deficiency may Justly be at-
tributed to his Negligence. — Want of uni-
formity in the Soldiers Cloathing, and its
indifferent quality; so far from excusing
slovenliness, and unsoldiery neglect in other
respects, ought rather to excite each man to
Compensate those blemishes by redoubled at-
tention, to the means which he has in his power.
For instance; the Soldier may always shave
his Beard, appear with clean hands & face,
and in general, have an air of Neatness, which
will be auspicious under all disadvantages

*■ VaIUj Forge ^ j?«* April 1778.

Brigadier Waynb

. . Col? Butler, V LT Col? Farmbi.

B. Major M? Cormick

Inspector from Muhlenburo's Brigade.

IN addition to the orders of yesterday, for
the purpose of effecting decency & clean-
liness in the dress of the men. . • • The
Commander in Chief informs the Serjeants
and Corporals of the line, & desires that it
may be deeply impressed upon them; that
unless they exert themselves to the utmost,
to bring about this Desirable change (as fiir

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as circumstances of Cloathing will admit)
and at the same time^ by a conduct, and
example, which ought to distinguish them
from Privates, endeavour to preserve order.
Regularity, and obedience. Every delinquent
amongst them without exception, shall be
reduc'd to the Ranks, and others appointed,
till good ones can be had, to discharge their
several duties properly. Nothing does, nor
nothing can, contribute more to the health of
Soldiers, than a clean Camp, clean cloaths, &
victuals well dress'd. These ; however deeply
involved in rags an army may be, are to be
effected by attention in the officers. The
General therefore calls upon every officer,
from the Major Generals to the Corporals in-
clusively, for their exertions : hoping thereby,
with the blessings of God, to prevent such
number of Deaths which unfortunately have
taken place since we came to this ground, and
see a stricter attention to orders than hereto-
fore has been paid.

Valley Forge, Jfril ic^„ j8.

Brigadiir Varnum

.... Col? Shxy ^5^ L^ Col? Simms
B^ Major Bei.ryan

Inspector from Maxwell's Brigade

WHEREAS manv Inconveniences
may arise in setling the recruiting
accounts of the army, for want of
the officers being acquainted with
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Commanding officer of each Regiment &
Corps, is therefore requested to appl^r to the
Auditors of the army, who will furnish them
with blank forms, by which that business will
be much ^cilitated, and render the adjust-
ment of their accounts, both simple & easy.
In order that no difficulty may arise, from a
multiplicity of accounts, the Auditors request,
that the Officers Commanding Regiments and
Corps will cause the respective officers of
their Regiments &c. who have been employed
in the recruiting service, to produce to them,
their Recruiting accounts, which should be col-
lected, in form of an abstract, that the whole
might appear at one view, and thereby, enable
the Auditors immediately, to acquit the Said
Commanding officers of Regiments & Corps
from the several sums, with which they re-
spectively stand charg'd.

The Increasing warmth of the season,
requires that the greatest care should be taken
to keep the Hutts of their men clean, their
Bedding air'd every day, and the streets and
allies of the Camp, free from all filth. The
Commander in Chief therefore, earnestly re-
quests, both the Brigade, and Regimental
officers officers (sic) of the day, to see these
duties, regularly, and punctually performed.
All bones. Putrid meats. Dirty straw, and
every other kind of filth, to be every day
collected, and burnt

As marching men by files has an unmili-
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inarch in an unsoldier-like manner. • . . All
Parties commanded b]r Commissioned officers^
are to be march'd by Divisions, and every
Officer Commanding a guard, or Detachment,
will be very attentive to see, that his men
march properly, and when relieved, to march
his guard, or Detachment back to the Brigade
to which they belong. — If from several
Brigades, he will march them to the Grand
Parade before he dismisses them.

Vallej Forge, April ii'h 1778

Brigadiet Poor

• . LT Col? Reed, ^ Major Dickerson

B, Major 9 Bailet

Inspector from Conway's Brigade

THE Commander in Chief earnestly
calls upon all officers to pay the
strictest attention to the orders of
the 28. January last, respecting their
mens ammunition, & in addition to that order,
he directs, that when a Non-Com missioned
officer, or Soldier is detected in discharging
his piece, or otherwise wasting his ammuni-
tion, the first Commissioned officer he is
brought before, shall order him to be tied
up immediately, and receive 39 lashes on his
bare back. . . . and as many soldiers, contrary
to good order, often straggle into the woods,
or bie places, to avoid being Detected. . . .
No Soldier in future to be allowed to carry
his arms, or accoutriments out of Camp, un-
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in the vicenity of the Camp, the Commanding
officers of Regiments, are desir'd to send off
Parties under Non-Commission'd officers, to
apprehend the delinquent and bring him to
Immediate punishment. — The Command-
ing officers of Regiments and Corps, will see
that this order is read to their officers and men,
and the Commanders of Companies will be
careful to inform all their men now absent,
of this order, when they return to Camp.

ValUj Forge ^ I2'h April 1778.

Brigadier, Muhlenburg

. Col? Parker^ £ff Col? Brearlet

B. Major Harsksll

Inspector from Huntington's Brigade

THE honourable Congress having
thought proper to recommend to
the United States of America, to sit
apart Wednesday the 225 Instant to
be observed as a day of fasting. Humiliation,
and prayer; that at one time, & with one
voice, the righteous dispensations of provi-
dence^ may be acknowledged, and his good-
ness and mercy, towards us and our arms,
supplicated and emplor'd. • . • The General
directs that this day shall be most Religiously
observed in the army, that no work be done
thereon, and that the several Chaplains do
prepare suitable discourses for the occasion.

The Funeral honours at the Interment of
officers, are for the future, to be confined to
a solemn procession of officers and Soldiers,

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•

in Numbers suitable to the Rank of the De-
ceased, with reversed arms. Fireing on these
occasions, is to be abolished in Camp.

Vallij Ffgi, April 13^ 1778.

Brigadier Patterson

. . . LT Col? Grat (^ Major Moors.
B, Maior Seblt

Insfectwr frem Varnvm's Brigade

VaUij F^rge, April ijfi 78

Brigadier, Maxwell

. . . Col? Bowman LT Col? Neville

B. Majer, Walker

Inspector from M^ Intosh's Brigade

Y ■ ^H£ General was much pleas'd in a
I ride thro' the lines yesterday, to see
I what attention some of the Brigadiers
^M. had paid to his orders, respecting
the neatness^ and purity of the Camp; He
wishes it had been general; but the case
was otherwise; and (notwithstanding repeated
orders about cleanliness) the smell in some
places intollerable . • . oweing to the want
of necessaries, or the n^lect of them : He
therefore, and for the last-time, (without pro-
ceeding to extremities) requests, that all kinds
of dirt, & filth ... as well, that in front, rear,
and between the Hutts ; as what shall be
found on the Parade, or before the doors,
be rak*d together, & burnt, or buried. The
Regimental Quarter Masters, are to see that
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and that fresh earth be thrown into them every
morning. The Brigade Quarter Masters, are
to see that the oiFal of their Slaughter pens
for the respective Brigades, is buried daily.
They will be answerable for the N^lect of
their duties, & will without fail, be arrested
for the smallest Inattention to them. Senti-
nals from the Quarter guards, are to be posted
at proper places, who are to make Prisoner,
any Soldier who shall attempt to ease himself,
any where but at a proper Necessary, and
5 lashes are to be ordered him immediately,
by the Commanding officer of the Regiment
to which the Delinquent belongs, for the
offence, and disobedience of orders

That Soldiers may not ignorantly offend
against this order it is to be read to them
frequently, and the Serjeants are to take care,
that all new comers are informed thereof, or
they will become answerable themselves.

Valley Fwrge^ Jfril ij. 1778.

BrigadUr Watne

. . Col? Patton bf Lt Col? Carlton
B. MaJ9r Tbntchb

Inspectsr from Woodford's Brigade

THE men who were drafted for the
Commander in Chiefs guard, are to
be included in the Pay abstracts
of their Regiments till the \» of
April, after which, they will draw pay, as a
distinct Corps, altho retum'd on Command
in their Respective R^ments

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Vallij Forge, April i6. 1778

Brigadier Varnum

. . . Col? Beckbr ^ Lt Col? Shehman

B. Major Mai.vih

Inspector from Scott's Brigade.

THE Commander in Chief directs^
that only one Sutler be allow'd to
each Brigade, who shall have one
Sutling Boothe within the limits of
the Brigade, & shall sell liquor at no other;
where he shall sell his Liquors at the following

S rices, to the Officers and Soldiers of the
trigade to which he belongs, & on no pre-
tence to any other, under penalty of having
his whole Stock seiz'd, and being rendered
Incapable of ever serving as Sutler in the
army again. — Whiskey, reach brandy, Apple
brandy. Cordials of all kinds, and any other
home-made Spirits, 1 5/ Pi Gallon ; Pi quart,
4/, P! pint a/. P: half pint, 1/3. West india
Spirits, full proof, Pf q" 15/. — a bowl of
Toddy, contaming half a pint of Spirits 7/6 P'
No Persons whatsoever, besides such li-
censed Sutlers, or Commissaries sent by par-
ticular States, shall sell liquors of any kind in
Camp, or within 7 Miles of Camp, under pen-
alty of having their whole stock seiz'd with-
out payment, for the use of the army ; except
that the Quarter Mr General is authorized to
allow one of more houses of Entertainment
to [accommodate Travellers and Strangers,
who must be necessarily in the Vicenity of
the Camp. The Persons receiving their li-

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cense for that purpose, giving sufficient secur-
ity not to vend their Liquors to any Person
belonging to the Army. The Brigadiers, &
officers Commanding Brigades, are to report
to the Adjutant General, the Names of the
Sutlers in their respective Brigades and when
any Change happens, they are to be reported
accordingly

A ration for the future, shall consist of
i^'l* flour or bread. ... i» of Beef or Fish,
or ^i^ Pork, and one gill of whiskey or
Spirits, or li^lf Flour or Bread, ^» Pork,
or Bacon, ^ pint Pease, or Beans, one gill
of Whiskey or Spirits. The Commissary is
directed to Issue Rations to the army from
time to time, agreeable to the former esti-
mates, according to the state of Stors in Camp.

ValUj Fgrgi, April j/. 1778

Brigadier Pool.

. Col? Bradford^ (^ LT Col? Russbll

B. Major Minmis

Inspector from 2? Pbns^ Brigade

THE Regimental Quarter Masters
are directed to go Into the Country,
and make contracts with proper
Persons for bringing in Milk and
other Necessaries for the Sick. Such Con-
tracts it is Expected they will compleat by the
21? Instant; after which day; no passes are
to be granted to any Persons whatsoever to go
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Provisions of any kind Henceforward^ no
officer, Soldier, or other Person belonging to
the Army shall go, or send out, to purchase
any of those articles which have been usually
bro! to Market, or bargain for them any where
else than at the places appointed for Market;
nor shall any of the Inhabitants expose their
Marketing for Sale in any other places —
The purchasers, on pain of being try'd for
Disobedience of orders and the Vendors of
forfeiting their whole stock brot in, — and
for the more effectual discovery of any breach
of this order whoever gives Information of
Such breach, will be entitled to the articles
thus Illicitly sold, or offered for Sale; or their
value to be recover'd from the purchasers.

All permits to go out of Camp, are for
the future, to be granted only by Brigadiers,
or officers Commanding Brigades

The officer of the Guard at Sullivans
Bridge, is carefully to Inspect the passes
offer d there, and make himself a Judge of
their authenticity.

Returns are to be made Immediately to
L! Col? Mead at Head Quarters of all the
parties that have Join'd the Regim!! since the
first of yf present Month, by the officers who
march'd them to Camp — distinguishing the
Draughts from the Enlisted, or Re-enlisted;
and Similar Returns of Such parties, as shall
arrive hereafter^ Immediately upon their Com-
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VaUej Ffgi, i8i April 1778.

Brigadier. • . • Muhlbnburg

• • Col? Grbbn (^ LT Colonel Melon

B. Msj9r Claiborne

Inspictwr from Poor's Brigade

IN the Returns calFd for yesterday from
the officers marching Parties into Camp —
The General expects lists of the mens
Names; In which, distinction is to be
made of the Draughts, Re-enlisted, and others.
The officers are to ascertain the Numbers that
were committed to their Care in the Several
States they march'd from, and account for the
Difference, If any there be, between that, and
the N? they bring to Camp : They are also to
note against each mans Name, the R^ment
to which he belongs, and goes to. This order
is Strictly to be Complied with.

— — — N— ^n—

ValUj F^rge, zp? April ijj8

Brigadier Poor

• . LT Col? Miller V, Major Ward

B. Majer M^Coriack

Inspector from Glovers Brigade

THE Sub Inspectors, will each Super-
intend the Discipline of the Brigades
according to the following Divisions
— (Towit) Ml Tenarent, Wood-
ford's, Scotts, and Mf Intosh's. L! Coif
Brooks, I? & a? Pens! Poor's and Glover's.
U Col? Davies, Lerned's, Patterson's, Wee-
don's, & Muhlenburgs. . L! Col? Barber,

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Maxweirs, Conway's, Huntingdon's & Var-
nums.

The orderly Office will be open'd at
General Vamum's old Quarters, between his,
and General Huntingdon's Brigades

Vallij Forge ^ 20'}^ April 1778*

Brigadier. Maxwell

L? Col? Wetsbnfulu

B. Major, Be&ryan

Inspector from Lbarnbds Brigadb

ASSES sign'd by Docf Cochran, Di-
rector of the flying Hospital, to any
in his Department, are to be deem'd
valid

21*! April jH —

Brigadier Watnb

. . LT Col? Harnbt tf, LT Col? Bupord

B: Major, • Bailet

Inspector from Pattbrson's Brigadb.

NO Pay-master is to be Dischai^'d,
but by the Commander in Chief,
or Officer Commanding in a sepe-
rate Department, and none of them
are to apply for Discharges, without, first
obtaining, and producing, from the Pay
Master General • . • Auditors of accounts,
and Officers Commanding the Regiments
they belong to, ample certificates, of their
having setled their accounts properly with
the publick, and their R^ments. This is
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The Colonels, and Commanding officers
of Regiments, are to make it an Invariable
rule to review their respective Regiments
once in every Week. . . . look into the state
and condition of their mens arms, accoutri-
ments and Cloathing, and know precisely the
state of them and where every man is.

The Brigadiers, and officers Commanding
Brigades are to do the same by their respect-
ive Brigades, at least once a fortnight. In
a word. It is expected from both, that every
possible care, and attention will be paid to
keep their men together, and the Arms,
Cloathing and accroutriments in good order.
These are also to be consider'd as standing
orders; but not to superseed the daily In-
spection of the Subordinate officers agreable
to former orders

VaIUj Forge ^ 22i Afril ijj8

Brigadier^ Varnum

. LT Col? Coleman, (^ Majoii Ledtaud
B^ Major • • • . Harskbll

Inspector from Wbedon's Brigade

THE F. M. Genl is without delay to
apropriate a sufficient Nf of Wneat
Fields in the Vicenity of the Camp
to serve as Forage ground — to
allot to each Brigade, an extent proportioned
to its strength, which is to be clearly mark'd
out, and to make a report of the whole at
head quarters, and the Quarter M. Gen!,
as well, a particular return to each Brigade

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Forage Master of the Proportion assigned to
his Brigade. The Commanding off!! of Bri-
gades, are to give strict orders to prevent
mutual encroachments, by exceeding the limits
assigned to each

V^Uij Firgi, 2ji Jprii 1778

BrigaMir Poor

. . • LT Col? Bassbtt C5f Major Hawi

B. Maj$r Sbelt

lnsftct9r fr$m Muhlbnbvrg's Brigade

A MOST scandalous performance has
made its appearance in the Philadel-
phia Evening Post of the 3? of this
Month ; bearing all the marks of a
genuine act of Congress, setting forth, that
those brave men, who have Enlisted, or have
been Draughted to serve in the Continental
army for any Limitted time, are nevertheless
to be detained during the war between these
United States & Great Brittain — The Com-
mander in Chief Informs the army that this
publication is as false, as 't is wicked ; and it
IS Intended to induce those who have already
Enlisted, or have been Draughted, to Desert;
and to Intimidate others from engaging in the
service of their Country. Our Enemies find-
ing themselves unable to reduce us by fore (sic)
ofarms ; are now practising every Insidious art,
to gain time, & Disunite us ; but the General
hopes, that men who have struggled with every
Difficulty and encountered every Danger, are
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easily exposed. It is necessary to give warn-
ing to such weak men, as might otherwise
be Deluded, by the Traiterous promises of
the Enemy ; tnat under pretence of sending
Deserters from this army, passage free to
great Brittain, or Ireland, there to be set at
laree, they confine them on Ship board, with
a view, either to force them into their Service
as Seamen, or Transport them as Recruits
to some Garrison —

raUty Forge, 2^ April 1778

Brigadier, Muhlbnburg

• • LT Col? Rbgnibr» (^ Major Peters

B. Major, Walker

Inspector from Maxwells Brigade

Valley Forge, 23^. April 1778.

Brigadier — Patterson

. . LT Col? Olney, H Major Mintzes

B. Major Tentchb

Inspector from Conway's Brigade

Falley Forge, 2&t April 1778.

Brigadier Maxwell

• • Col? Broadhead, (^ LT Col? Bradley

J?. Major, Marvin

Inspector from Huntington's Brigade

THE Commander in Chief has been
Informed, that it is a common prac-
tice for Soldiers to go about the
Country, and make use of his Name
to extort from the Inhabitants by way of Sale
or gift any Necessaries that they want ; either
for themselves or others He strictly enjoins
it upon Officers, to take the most eflfectual

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measures, to put a stop to a practice so daring
& Infamous; & assures all concerned; that
If any Persons shall be Detected in yf Com-
mission of it, they will be punishM with every
circumstance of Disgrace & Severity

The Commanding Officers of Regiments
are desir'd to wait on the Commander in
Chief at head Quarters at lo 'CI precisely
Tomorrow morning.

April 2Ti 177S Valij Firge

Brigadiir, Waynb

. . LtCol?Vou8BB (?) Major Hay

Af. Brigade Johnston

Insfeet$r Varnums

"W" T Col? Fleury is to act as Inspector,

■ and will attend the Barron Steuben

I till Circumstances will admit of assign-

* ^ ing a Division of the army — each

Inspector is to be attended dayly by an orderly

Serjeant, drawn by turns from the Brigade of

his own Inspection, that the Necessary orders,

may be Communicated, without delay —

Hidi Quarters Valej Forge — April 28'i 1778
Brigadier Varnitm

. . . LT Col? Harskill Major Talbot
Mai^ B, £ Muwis

Inspectors Woodford

^ ■ ^HE Commanding Officers of Reg-

I iments, are desired to prevent their

I men, from Stragling, that they may

JL be ready to turn out on the Shortest

Notice. It is Expected that the Several

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Brigades^ will be Compleated, as Soon as
possible, with forty rounds p' Man — the
Brigade Q. Masters, will make out Returns
immediately for that purpose. — They must
be Signd by the Commanding officers of
Brigades. —

April— 2^ 1778

Brigaiur Poor

• . . . Col? Clark Major Gascins

B: Major Claibornb

Inspect $r — i*^ Pbnns^

EACH officer who mounts Guard in
future, will bring his name — Regi-
ment & Brigade; wrote on a piece
of Paper, which he will deliver to
the B-Maj^ of the day, when he is appointing
them to their Several Guards —
Strict compliance with this order is expected,
as it will Shorten the duty of the Parade —

Manv Inconveniences having attended the
order of the 17? Ins* by confining the pur-
chasing of Milk and other necessaries for the
use of the Sick to the RegimH Q. Masters —
Instead of that mode, a Discreet Setjiant & few
men, according to the number of Sick in the
Regiment, are to be Sent out daily to purchase
Such articles, with passes from Commanding
officers, of Brigades respectively.

In order to prevent any Disputes which
may arise hereafter, among the officers of the
Virginia line, relative to the Distribution of

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the Drafts from that State — the following
mode is to be henceforward observed

The Draughts are upon their arrival in
Campy to be brought to that Brigade, to
which the officer, who Conducts them fi-om
Virginia Belongs — They are to Continue
with that Brigade, for the space of 24 Hours,
that they may have time to inform themselves
of the Situation of the diflFerent Regiments
in the line where their Relations Friends &
Acquaintances are — After the expiration
of the 24 Hours, They Shall be respcctivly
brought before the Officer Commandmg the
Brigade, and make their free election of Corps,
which Shall be binding & obligatory, pro-
vided the Regiment they chose. Shall not
be fully Compleated; In that case they are
to have another choice. While the Draughts
continue in the Brigade, at which they first
arrive, they Shall draw provisions by order
of the Commanding officer — and if they
have not had the Small pox, they Shall be
Inoculated by the Surgeons of Sf Brigade —

These orders are constantly to be made
known to the Draughts upon their arrival,
& if any Officer is convicted of making use
of undue means, to induce the Draughts to
Join their Regiment or Company, he may de-
pend upon bemg called to Severe Account —

Complaint naving been made by M'
Dcwces, proprietor or the Valley Forge, that
the Soldiers pull down the liouses, and
break up the Fire Bays, at what is called the

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New Forge, upon Valley Creek; The Com-
mander in Chief strictly forbids all Persons
from further damaging the S5 Buildines &
works which he hopes will be punctually at-
tended to — especially when they consider the
great loss, which Ml Dewees, has already
Suffered by the Enemy, & by the great waste
which our army has been under the necessity
of Committing, upon his wood, & other
Improvments —

Head Quarters Valey Forge — Maj — it jyj8
Brigadier — Muhlenbueg

. • C0L?1 COURTLAND Ll CoL? InNU

B. Majer Ogden

Inspeeter — Poors

THE Brigade Q. Masters, are daily
to attend, at the orderly office, for
the orders of the Quarter Master
Genl Precisely at 3 OClock, in the
afternoon, — it is expected this order will be
Strictly comply ** with, or the Delinquents
may depend on being Severely noticed by the
Quarter Master GenT

As the Adjutant Gen! is now furnish'd with
the Names of all the men in the Hospitals,
and the Regiments they belong to — Also
of those who died. Deserted, & were Dis-
charged, from them at different Times —
Officers Commands Regt! & Companies, are
therefore desired immediately, to apply to
him, & get an Exact account of their men

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Respectively, before they attest their Muster
Rolls for the last month, and every month
hereafter, as Such Returns are to be made
Regularly for the future, to prevent the
uncertainty heretofore Experienced — The
Muster Master also & his Dep?. are order'd
to be more careful hereafter, and not to certify
Any Muster Rolls, unless the duty every
absent man is on, or the Hospital, he is in,
is mentioned in the Muster Roll,

On the day of Muster, the men are to be
brought upon the parade Clean Dress'd, with
their Regimentals, and with their arms &
Accoutrements. — they are to be drawn up
in the order in which they Stand upon their
own, with arms Shouldered, and Bayonets
Fix*d. — Officers Take post in front ot their
respective companies, and continue there dur-
ing the Time of muster —

The Fiel? & Staff Officers are to attend,
and no Offf or Soldier to be absent unless
on duty, or Prevented by Sickness, — The
Rolls must be made out with all Possible
fairness, & agreable to the Directions given,
by the Officers of Musters

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Valey Forge. — May 2^ — 777*

BrigMdUr — Patterson

. . LT Col? Brent Major Johnston

B* Major Berrtan

Inspector from Glover

THE Commander in Chief Directs,
that Divine Service be performed
every Sunday at 11 O Clock, in
those Brigades to which there are
Chaplains — those which have none, to attend
the place of Worship nearest to them — It
is Expected, that Officers of all Ranks, will
by their attendance. Set an Example to their
men

While we are Zeallously performing the
duties of good Citizens, & Soldiers, we cer-
tainly ought not to be inattentive to the
higher duties of Religion. To the distin-
guished Character of ratriot, it Should be
our highest Glory, to add the more dis-
tinguish'd Character of Christians.
The Signal instances of providential goodness,
which we have Experienced, and which have
now almost Crown'd our Labours with com-
pleat Success, demand from us in a peculiar
manner, the warmest returns of Gratitude &
Piety, to the Supreme author of all good —

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Hisd Qusrtirs Fdliy Ffgi — Mmj — Jl-* Ijj8

Brigsdiir Maxwell

. . . • Col? WsTiBif Major Thatbr

MaJ9r $f Brigade Banhistbk

ln$fect9rsfr$m Lbarnbdi

IN future, no guard in camp is to be
suficr'd to remain on duty more than
48 hours, without being reliev'd
On monday next, the Several Brigades
will begin their Exercise, at 6 O Clock, &
Continue till 8 O Clock, in the morning;
& from 5. to 6. in the afternoon — the men
for guard not to attend the exercise

The Medicine Chests, from Lr? Sterlings
Division, to be Sent to the Yellow Springs,
immediately to be filFd by the Apothecarey
Gen'.—

The Pay Masters of the Marques's, —
& Genl Waynes Divisions are to call on
the pay master Gen! for a months pay next
monday

Poors, Glovers, & the Baron DeKalbs,
on Tuesday— Weedons — Muhlenburgs —
the artillery — & maxwells, on Wednesday —
Late Conways — Huntinfftons — Varnums,
& M* Intoshes, on Thurscuy —

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Ordirhf Office — Valtj Forgt — ^ May — ijfS

Brigsdur — Wayne

. . . Col? Martin Major Haiti

B — Major Harskill

Inspectors: Pattersons

HE Sub & Brigade Inspectors^ are
to be pointedly exact, in persueing
the written instructions of the In-
spector Gen!, that the Strictest uni-
formity may be observed, throughout the
whole army, they are not to practice a Single
manoeuvre, without his directions — nor in
a Method different from it. — Any altera-
tion or Inovation, will again plunge the army
into that contariety and confusion, from which
it is endeavouring to emmerge. — The hours
for exercise, are also to be exactly attended to
by Each Brigade; for which purpose, & that
no difference may arise, on account of watches,
proper attention, is to be paid, to the order
of the first of last April for that of Regulat-
ing them by the, A — Geni

The Commander in Chief Requests the
Brigadiers and ofiicers commanding — Bri-
gades, will see these Orders Strictly comply'd
with ; hoping we shall not let slip, the golden
oppertunity, which now presents its self, of
Disciplineing the army, and that Each Bri-
gade, will vie with the other, in arriving at
the highest & earliest pitch of Excellence —
For the Sake of Decency, the General hopes,
the Commanding ofiicers of R^ments will
order their Necessaries to be tied with Boughs,

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or hurdles, — the last tho' more troublesom
at first, will always Serve, as they can easily
be removed

Orderlj Offia — VsUy Forgt May 5** j^^8

Brigadier — Poo»

. . • • Col? Naglb Major Gvluan

B, Maj$r Seelt

Inspector — Weedoni

AARON OGDEN ESQ^ is ap-
pointed Brigade Major, in Briga-
dier Gen! Maxwells Brigade, & is
to be respected, & obey^ accord-
ingly — Mf Davis Beven, is appointed by
the Q. Master Gen! to Superintend the ard-
ficers» and to deliver out Boards, Plank, &c
in future therefore, when Boards or Plank
are wanting, or Artificers are necessary to do
any Jobs, in the Army, an order Sign*d by
a Gen! OfFT Officers Commanding Brigades —
or Brigade Q' Masters, & Directed to M'
Be van at Sullivans Bridge, will be duly at-
tended to —

A flag goes into Phil? next Friday —
At a Gen! Court Martial, whereof Major
Tyler was Pres* — Gulf mills — May — 2** —
78 — John Morrcl, a Soldier, in Coif H.
Jacksons, Reg! Tried for Desertion from his
post, while on Centry, and unanimously found
guilty, and Sentenced to be hung by his Neck,
till he be Dead ;

at a Brigade C. Martial, whereof Col?
Bicker, was Pres! april 24!^ 78 — Thomas

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Hartnety of 2? Pen? Re^ Tried for Desertion
to the enemy, and unanimously found guilty,
& Sentenced to be hung by his neck, till he
be dead — Approved by The Commander
in Chief

The Gen! Court martial, whereof Major Tyler,
was Pres! is Desolv;d

Gif^. Jftir Orders. 6 OChck— P. M, —

It having pleased the Almighty Ruler of
the Universe propitiously to defend the cause
of the united States of America, and finally,
by raising us up a powerful friend, among the
Princes of the Earth, to Establish our Liberty
& Independan"^ upon lasting foundations;
It becomes us to Set apart a day, for great-
fiilly acknowledging the Divine Goodness,
and celebrating the Important event, which
we owe to his Benign interposition — The
Several Brigades are to be assembled for this
purpose, at 9 OClock Tomorrow morning,
when their Chaplains will communicate the
intelligence contained in the Postcript from
the Pensylvania Gazette of the 25 Instant; &
offer up a thanks giving, and deliver a dis-
course Suitable to the Occasion — At half
after 10 OClock, a Cannon will be fir'd which
is to be a Signal, for the men to be under
arms —

The Brigade Inspectors, will then Inspect
their dress and arms. • . • Form the Battalions
according to the instructions given them, and
announce to the Commanding officers of Bri-

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fides, that the Battalion is formed. — The
rigadiers or Commandants, will then appoint
the Field Officers, to command the Battalions.
• • • After which, each Battalion will be or-
dered to load & Ground their arms — At
half after ii, a Cannon will be fired, as a
signal for the march — upon which, the
Several Brigades, will begin their march, hy
wheeling to the right by platoons, & proceed
by the nearest way to their ground, in the
new Position — This will be pointed out by
the Brigade Inspectors — A3!? Signal will
be given ; upon which their will be a discharge
of 13 Cannon — when the 13" has fir'd a
Runing fire, of the Infantry, will begin on
the right of Woodfords, & Continue thro'-
out the whole front line — it will then be
taken up on the left of the if line, and con-
tinue to the right. — upon a Signal given,
the whole army will Huzza — long live the
King of France — The artillery then b^ns
again, and fires 13 Rounds — this will be
Succeeded by a general discharge of the Mus-
kitry, in runing fire — Huzza, and long
live the Friendly Uropean Powers. — Then
the last discharge of 13 pieces of Artillery
will be given followed by a general runing
fire — and Huzza to the American States. —
there will be no exercise in the morning, and
the guards of the day, will not parade, till
after the Feudejoy, is finished; when the
Brigadier Majors, will march them out to
the grand Parade — The Adjutants then

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Tell of their Battalions into eight platoons.
And the Commanding Officer, will Reconduct
them to their camp, marching by the left —
Major Gen! U Sterling, will command on the
right, and the Marques De. La. Fayette, on
the left, &, the Baron DeKalb, the 2f line —
Each Major General, will conduct the i?f Bri-
gade of his Division, to its ground —
The other Brigades, will be conducted by
their Commanding officers in Seperate Col-
umns — the posts of each Brigade, will be
pointed out by Baron Stubens Aids — Major
Walker, will attend L? Sterling — Major
De Ponezs, the Marques D. L. Fayette, —
& Cap? Lendfant, the Baron DeKalb — the
line is to be form'd, with an Interval of 3 feet
between each line — Each man is to have
a Gill of Rum — The Quarter Masters of
the Several Brigades are to apply to the Ad-
jutant Gen!, for an order on the Commissary
of Military Stores, for the Number, of Blank
Catridges, that may be Wanted —

OrJirlj Office, — FaUyfirge. &i May — ijj8*

Maj$r ^ General

Brigadier Geo'. — Mc Intosh

Col? Malancb Major Ellison
£ — Mafr Marshall

Inspecter from — Wbedon

THE Commander in chief, being
more desirous to reclaim than Pun-
ish oflFenders ; and willing to Show
Mercy to those who have been mis-
led by designing Traitors, and that as many

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as can, may participate the pleasures of this
Truely Joyful! day — is pleased to pardon,
W? M* Math, of the artillery— & John
Marrel, of Col? Jacksons' Regiment, now
under Sentence of Death, & orders their im-
mediate reliefe, from confinement ; hoping that
Gratitude to his clemency, will induce them
in future, to behave like good Soldiers

Brigade Orders — May — 7 — 7*

At a Brigade Court Martial, whereof L!
Col? Farmer was President — May 3'? 1778 —
Devall Stripe, a Soldier, Tried for deserting
from the Detachment with which he was
Sent — The Court are of opinion, that the
Prisoner Shall receive Thirty nine lashes —
approved and ordered to be put in execution
this evening at Retreatbeating, in The Regi-
ment to which he belongs —

W — Stewart Comf,
The above Court Martial is Disolv'd, and
an other ordered to Sit this day 1 1 OClock
A M, for the trial of Such prisoners as Shall
be brought before them — Major Falknier,
is appointed president

Orderly Omci, Faley Forge, fi May, ijjH

Brigadier, MxmLBNBURC

• • LT Col? Farmer Major Varnon

B Maj. r, Tbnyche

Inspector, fr$M Muhlbnburgs

Brio? Maxwell, Col? Broadhbad, Col? Brewer
LT Col? Shermon — LT Col? Harskill Maj* Hopcms,
Maj» Porter

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C. S. S. C. p. Di^F

Picquet I. • I. . I. • 17

Ditacbment . • • i. . 2. . 2. * 2. . 48

T^HE Detachment to be on the Grand
Parade, this Evening 4 GO
1 2 Captains — 24 Subs ; 24 Ser-
jiants — 24 Corporals — 4 Drum
& fifes & 576 Privates, to be Paraded, at. 4
OClock, this afternoon precisely — prepared
for a Weeks Command — Two light Field
pieces are to be attached to this command —
Col? Vanschaik's Re^ will mount the Picquet
at Cuckolds Town, Till farther orders —
W? Barber Esq! is appointed A D Camp,
To Maj»5 Gen! L? Sterling vice Major M?
Williams, who is Resigned, & is to be re-
spected accordingly

The Honourable Congress have been
pleasM, by the Resolution of 3? FebJ last,
to require all Gfiicers, as well as civil as
Military holding Commissions under them,
to Take & Subscribe, the Following oath or
affirmation, according to the Circumstances of
the parties

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At M Cimcil $f war held at Perth Amhoj
Septimber //* 1776 — Present

The Hen^ Brig: Gewi Hugh Mbrcir

Brigadier Generals Colenels

Philemon Dickinson Clement Biddle D. Q. M. G.

Daniel Roberdeau

Mathias Williamson Samuel Griphn D. A. G.

Mr ]• Mercereau attended this CeunciL —

GENERAL MERCER proposed to
the Council that an Attack oe made
on Statten Island — he lay'd before
them a general return of the Troops
on the Jersey Posts from Fort Constitution
to Amboy — A Report of a person employd
to go on Statten Island who had penetrated to
the Centre of the said Island & obtaind In-
formation of the State of the Troops there —
and a letter from Col!' Ford informing of two
Ships passing from Long Island to Statten
Island w^ he supposed might convey a rein-
forcement — Mr. Mercereau pointed out the
Kosts of the Enemy by the Map — General
lercer desires the advice of this Council of
the best Plan for carrying on the Attack of
the said Island — It was the general Opinion
that we were not prepared nor our Troops fitt
for such a Service

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INDEX

Index

if, B

Abbbl, — , Colonel, ii.

Baiber, Fnmds, Lieutenant Colond,

Adams, Daniel J^ Major, 133, 136.

57, 129. 137, 224, 242, 274, 293.

Alden, Aostin, Lieutenant, 235, 337.

, William, Major, 47, 55, 151,

, Roger, Major, 100, 119, 130,

3".

182, 198, 219, 254.

Bassett, Banilriah, Lieutenant

Aldridge, , Major, 186.

Colonel, 171, 223, 239, 254, 263,

Alexander, William, Earl of Stirling,

296.

9» 17» 18, 36, 42, 43i 501 5^ 62, 63,

Bates, , 10.

65, 66, 73, 75, 77i 80, 85, 93. 95» 96,

Bayanl, Stq>hen,LieutenantColond,

114, 124, 129, 130, 132, 134, 137,

9, 9a, 124, 154.

M5. M9f »5i. 156, 160, 161, 173,

Baylor, George, Colonel, 18.

177. i79i 185, 189, 192, 198, 201,

Berrien, John, Brigade Bfajor, 186,

205, 212, 217, 220, 222, 224, 231,

202, 220, 242, 276, 284, 294, 303.

233i *34, 2351 236, 238, 239, 241,

Berry, Benjamin, 214.

242, 244» 247i 248, 249, 250^ 251,

Beren, Davis, 306.

254, 256, 262, 263, 265, 266, 268,

Bicker, Henry, Lieutenant Cokiid,

269, 304, 309, 3H.

137, 192, 208, 244, 277, 290, 306.

, Morgan, Biajor, 151.

Biddle, Clement, Colonel, 57, 109,

Allis, ^ Captain, 197.

>33, M5, "52.

Allison, , Major, 124, 179, 277.

Bigelow, Timotiiy, Colonel, 156, 205,

Angell, Israel, Colonel, 94, 141, 172,

229.

183, 265.

Bignal, George, 14.

Anthony, Jacob, 139.

Bird, Benjamin, Lieut. Colonel, 98.

Apperson, Richard, Lieutenant, 12.

, Thomas, Captafai, 14.

Armand, Charles Trefin, Colonel, 9.

Blaine, ^ 225.

Armitage House, 73.

Bland, Theodoridc, Colond, 18, 98,

Armours, ^ Lieutenant, 262.

HI, 113.

Armstrong, John, General, 43, 44,

Bloomiield, Joseph, Major, 41, 62,

651 73i 74-

no, 275.

Arnold, Benjamin, Ensign, 183.

Bhiford, William, 98.

^ Benedict^ Geoeral, 29, 89, 125.

Bodies, wnsey, 167.
Bopet, , Colonel, 138.

Bailby, John, Brigade Bfajor, 174,

Bowman, Abfiham, Colood, 288.

190, 206, 212, 229, 239, 250, 267,

, Isaac, Biajor, 139, 140.

277, 286, 294.

Bradford, Gamaliel, Colonel, 146,

Ban, Burgess, Biajor, 57, 69, 100,

i8i, 192, 219, 249, 271, 291.

187, 268.

Bnidish, David, liajor, 177, 209,

, William, Lieutenant, 246, 247.

264.

Ballard, Robert, Lieutenant Colonel,

Bradley, Philip Burr, Colond, 85, 94,

i66, 197, 198, 208, 214, 215, 216,

101, 124, 130, 174, 253, 262, 297.

267.

Brearley, David, Lieutenant Colond,

^ William Hudson, Major, 39.

55, 97, 108, 120, 129, 277, 287.

Bannister, Sedi, Brigade Major,

Brent, William, Lieutenant Colond,

304-

"9, >73, 303-

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B, C

Brewer, Jonathan, Colond, 165, 23$,

aSs, 310.
Brewster, Lott, Lientenant Cokxiel,

233,249.

, , Major, 50, 87, 123.

Bride, Jeremiah, 215.

Broadwater, Charles Lewis, Liea-

teoMSkt, 233, 236, 237.

, , Colonel, 235.

Brodc, John, lieotenant, 79,
Brodhead, Daniel, Colonel, 10, 76,

97, 103, 105, no, 115, 297, 310.
Brooks, John, Lieatenant Colonel,

157, 238, 274, 293.

Broomfield, , Lieut Colonel, 250.

Brown, AUjah, Colonel, 60, 61, 62,

104.

f Jack, 235.

— , James, 228.

, Joshna, Captain, 205.

Bruin, Peter Bryan, Captain, 122.

Bmntler, John, 14.

Buford, Abraham, Lieutenant

Colond, 107, 124, 220, 231, 233,

236, 250, 275, 294.

Bnller, , Lieutenant Colond, 71.

Buncombe, Edward, Colonel, 56.
Bunner, Rudolph, Lieutenant

Colonel, 208, 229, 254.
Burchardt, Daniel, Major, 112, 167,

224, 243, 252.
Burgoyne, John, General, 15, 60, 89,

90, 95» "5-

Burment, — ^ 170.

Burr, Aaron, lieutenant Colonel,

i33» 136, i9if 244* 246, 253, 267.
Burress, Samuel, 253.
Butler, ^ Lieutenant Colond,

ii6> 160, 193, 283.
Butler, Thomas, 226.
Buzzard, Fk>ederick, 213.

Byan, , Lieutenant Colonel, 258.

Byrne, James, 14.

Cabbll, Samuel Jordan, Major,

232, 265, 268, 275.
Calderwood, James, Captain, Z7, 149.
Calmes, Marquis, Captain, 222.

Campbell, Rkfaard, Major, 276.

f — , Captsdn, 62.

Care of the Sick, 31.

Carlton, Moses, Quartermaster, 89.

— , Samnd, Lieutenant Colond,

158, 194, 289.

Carnei, , Doctor, 154.

Carpenter, Samuel, Ensign, 177.

Carson, , Ensign, 84.

Caswell, Ridiard, GoTemor, 124.
Chambers, James, Colonel, 99, 158.

f Joseph, 124, 130.

Chandler, John, Colond, 80, 94, 247.
Church, Thomas, Bfajor, 201, 213,

217. 258.
Claiborne, Ridiard, Brigade Major,

«33. *39> M9i 17a, '86, 205, 222,

238, 248, 255, 262, 267, 269, 273,

281, 293, 299.
Clark, Sir Francis Carr, 89.

, John, Major, 269.

, Thoinas, Colond, 69, 77, 124,

204, 206, 213, 214, 217, 219, 221,

223, 226, 231, 263, 299.

, William, 231.

Clarkson, Bfatthew, 269.

Climer, Daniel, 154.

Close, Adam, 14.

Cbthing, care of, 127, 128.

Cochran, John, DoKtor, 135, 141,
183, 294.

Cocke, Collin, Ensign, 187.

CoflFer, John, Lieutenant, 233, 237.

Cogswdl, Thomas, Major, 174.

Coleman, Dudlqr, Lieutenant Colo-
nel, 295.

Comstock, Adam, Lieutenant Colo-
nd, 177.

Congress thanks Army, 124, 125.

Congress orders adifitional pay,
178.

Connor, Morgan, Lieutenant Colo-
nel, 69.

ConaolTen, John, 153.

Converse, Thomas, 275.

Conway, John, Bfajor, 198.

f Thomas, Bfajor General, 9,

53» 57, 6x, 69, 70, 7a, 73f 82» 99»

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loi, no, 145, 223, 275, 286, 294,

Deartove, William, 213.

C,D,E

304-

De Borres, Prod' Homme, Brigadier

Conway, , Captain, 153.

General, 88.

Conway's Brigade, 297.

De Haas Brigade, 108.

Cook, Thaddeos, Colond, 61, 176.

D'Hart, A^Uiam, Lieutenant Colo-

, William, Colonel, 256.

nd, loi.

, 1 Ensign, 217.

DeKalb, John Baron, Bfajor Gen-

Corryell's Ferry, 16.

eral, 138, 146^ 150, 157,166,171,

Coshall, Thomas, 253.

176, 188, 191, 194, 202, 208, 212,

Courtly, , Captain, 177.

218, 220, 223, 229, 232, 233, 304,

Court Martials, 9, 12, 64, 76, loi.

309.

112, 116, 117, 135, 137, i45» M7.

Denop, , Count, 103.

151, 152, 162, 167, 177. 180, 183,

De Ponezs, Major, 309.

184, 187, i95» «97» 198, 201, 204,

Deserting, 36, 114, 203, 221.

206, 208, 213, 214, 215, 217, 220,

■

221, 223, 225, 226, 227, 230, 231,

Dickerson, Henry, Captain, 83.

»3h a33. 235. 236, 241, 246, 247,

, , Major, 286.

252. 253. 256, 257, 258, 260, 262,

Disdiarge of Soldiers, 207.

265, 275, 280, 306, 310.

Doughty, John, Captain, 80.

Cox, John, 268.

Draper, Geoige, Doctor, 154.

, , Major, 57, 77.

Dreskill, Timothy, 187, 216.

f William, 216.

Driver, Edward, 215.

Craick, James, Doctor, 87.

Craig, Thomas, Colonel, 201.

Du£fey, Patrick, Captain Lieutenant,

, , Captain, 123.

147, 148.

Duncan, Robert, 145.

Craigg, Robert, Lieutenant, 64.

, , Colonel, 173.

Crane, Ambrose, Lieutenant, 9, 105.

Dunn, Abner M., Lieutenant, 280.

, John, Colonel, 106.

, David, 228.

Crawford, William, Colonel, 12, 66,

Duportail, Louis Lebique, Colonel,

81, 86, 88, 91.

41, 192, 225.

Cropper, John, Blajor, 64, 97, 254.

Cruise, Walter, Captain, 195.

Durkee, John, Colond, 103.

Crump, Abner, Captain, 12, 97, 187.

Duvall, , Brigade Major, 242,

250, 265.

Davidson, William Lee, Uentenant

Cotonel, 170.

Edjis, Jacob, 73.

Davies, WHliam, Lieutenant Colonel,

Edwards, Joseph, 227.

53» 83, loi, 121, 160, 194, 220,

, Robert, 216.

251, 254, 274, 280, 293.

Ellis, Joseph, Colonel, 142.

Davis, Israel, Captain, 231.

Ellison, , Major, 309.

— ^, , Lieutenant, 265.

Emmory, Rldiard, Bfajor, 88, 95.

Dawson, Levi, Major, 60, 167.
Day, , Biajor, 9, lo, 36, 53, 61,

Eppes, William, Lieutenant, 211,

69, 85, 109, 122, 158, 167, i94»

a33-

ai8, 233. 242, 252, 267.

Day of Fasting and Prayer, 287.

Evans, 1 Colonel, 25.

Dayton, Elias, Colood, 64, loi.

Ewing, , 173.

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F,G,H FAKMBm, Lewis, UentenaBtColoiitl,

S7t "9. iMt i49» a«3t 3«>«
Fundoo, John, 58, 71, 75, 76.

Farnold, , Bfajor, 190.

Fanlkiiery Ri^ Major, 310.

Faztoii, , lieatenant Cokxiel,

166.

Febiger, Christiaii, Colonel, 9^ 53,

^3h 155-

Fenew, , Major, aao.

Fcnner, WilUam, Major, 240.

Ferris, Nathan, Lieutenant, 103.

Finnejr, , 77.

Fish, Josqih, Lieutenant, 103.

, Nicholas, Major, 160, 200, 275.

Fletcher, Benjamin, 232.

Flenry, Francois Louis de, Major,
50, 56, 298.

Force^ , Bfajor, 75.

Ford, Benjamin, Lieutenant Colo-
nel* 36. 57. 99-

^ Dunham, 180.

> , Ensign, 84.

Forman, David, Brigadier Genenl,

^ 65. 73» MO-
Fort, , Lieutenant Colonel, 137.

Fort Stanwiz, Siege of, 29.

Foster, Ebeneser, Eniign, 195.

, , Captain, 133.

Fiaxer, , General, 89.

, Persifor, Coloodl, 12.

French, Mason, Lieutenant, 253.

FuUnsld, , III.

Furkwghs, 174, 259.

Gaming prohibited, 186.
Ganaeroort, Peter, Coload, 29.
Gaskins, Thomas, Major, 299.
Gates, Horatio, General, 60^ 89,

125.
Gest, Robert, 214.
Gibbons, Jaoob^ 228.

Gibson, , Colonel, 193.

Gilman, Jeremiah, Major, 157, 194,

222, 24a, 306.
Gilman, Nicholas, 193.
GloYer, John, Brigadier General,

141, 167, 173. 293. 303. 3<H'

Glover's Brigade, 27$, 280, 993.
Granvill, -^, Captain, 163.

Gras^ , Colonel, 147.

Graves, Thomas, 139.

Gray, Ebenezer, Major, 244.

-»— , Neigol, Lieutenant Colonel,

130, 182, 209, 281, 288.
Grayson, William, Colonel, 17, 57,

i37> 162, 163, 186, 241.
Grear, James, Captain, 234, 238,

a39'
Greene^ Christopher, Colond, 94,

125, 160, 293.

, Nathaniel, Bfajor General, i,

10, II, i6» i8, 25,27, 28, 33, 43,
45» 55» 57. 58. 61, 63, 65, 71, 7a,
74. 80, 87, 91, 96, 99, I02, 104,
106, 109, 115, 118, 121, 123, 124,

126, 129, 130, 132, 133, 139, 143,
149. 155. «6i, 162, 167, 172, 174,
180, 182, 189, 192, 194, 202, 209,
215, 216, 219, 221, 224, 240. 241.
243, 244, 248, 249, 250, 252, 254,
258, 263, 264, a67, a68.

, , Lieutenant Colond, 85,

95, 279, 280.
Green, — -, Quartermaster^ 170.
Gressut, Edward, 261.
Grier, David, Lieutenant Colond,

42, 109.
Gudley« Judah, iii.
Gunby, John, Col o nel, 119.
Gumey, Frands, Lieutenant Coknel,

i7> 95-
Guy, — -| Lieutenant, 225.

Hait, Joseph, Lieutenant Colonel,

uh 305-

Hall, David, Colond, 99, 119, i33f

193. «H«

Han, , Lieutenant Odond,

92.
Haimar, Josiah, Lieutenant Colond,

109, 122, 192, 195, 216, 273.
Harney, Sdby, Lieutenant Colonel,

194. 249. «75. 294-
Harper, John, Bfajor, 39.

Harrison, , Captain, 105.

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Hankdl, ^ Brigade Major, 254,

HughHns, , Major, 251.

H, h y.

269, 277, 2S7, 295, 298, 305, 310.

Hull, William, Bfajor, 170, 239,

K, L

Hart, D., Lieutmiant Colonel, 57.

275-

, Joseph, Major, 189.

Hulling, , Major, 275.

HartIe]r,Thomas,LieateiiaiitColoiid,

Humpton, Richard, Coloiiel, 120,

22, 58, 71, 83, 234.

193-

Hartnet, Thomas, 306.

HuntingdooJedediahfBrigadier Gen-

Hanrey, , Lieutenant Colond,

eral, 82, Z7, 94, 97, 101, 109, 129,

212.

134, 137, 141, 150, 158, 167, 173,

Hathaway's Militia, 14a.

192, 205, 219, 231, 236, 241, 249,

Hawes,Samuel, Major, 20$, 229, 248,

a54» «75» 287, 294, 297, 304.

273, 296.

Hntdiings, Hollis, 232.

Hay, Samnd, Major, 47, 77, 189,

239, 298.

Inglbs, John, Captain, 275.

Haysh, ^ Major, 267.

Ingram, 1 Lieutenant Colond, 83.

Hazlewood, Commander, ia6.

Innb, James, Lieatenant Colond,

Hazon, Moses, Colonel, 64.

56, 115, 301.

Hazon*s Regiment, 118.

Irrine, James, Brigadier Genenl, 115,

Heartly, , Captain, 87.

122, 126, 133, 145.

Heath, , Lieatenant Colonel,

Irwin, Matthew, Captain, Z7.

104, 170.

Hendricks, James, Colond, 50, 62.

Jackson, Henry, Cotond, 306, 310.

Henley, Archer, iii.

Jameson, John, Major, 201.

Henry, , Lieatenant Colond,

Jenkin*s Tavern, 73.

162.

Johns, Griffith, 269.

Heth, William, Lieutenant Colond,

»37.

66, 80, 99, 108, 234, 243, 254,

Hill, , Major, 234.

263, 265, 268, 298, 303.

Hitchcock, f Major, 88, 94, 107,

, Mary, 215.

118, 129, 136, 146, 234.

, Richard, 216.

Hogan, James, Colonel, 50, 117.

Johnston, , Colonel, 30, 94.

Hogg, Thomas, Major, 134.

Jones, , 220.

Hoomes, Benjamin, Lieutenant, 9.

Joynes, Levin, Bfajor, 62.

Hopkins, Samuel, Major, 211, 212,

230, 232, 233, 310.

Kait, y Bfajor, 102.

Hotawell, , 180.

Keeping of Horses, 182.

How, , Sergeant, 205.

Keith, Lieutenant, 215.

Howard, John Eager, Major, 99, 147,

Kdley, , Brigade Bfajor, 194.

148, 149.

Kemper, , 129.

Howe, Robert, Brigadier General,

KennoD, John, 29.

107.

Keyton, John, 216.

, William, General, 2, 3, 153,272.

Klncaid, , Adjutant, 64.

Howell, , Major, 33, 62.

Kinkale, Reuben, 232.

Hubley, Adam, Lieutenant Colond,

Kirk, Philip, 227.

112, 189, 277.

Knox, Henry, General, 56, 77, 177.

Hudson, William, Ensign, 229^ 230^

233-

Lafayxttb, Bfarqub de, Bfajor

Hughes, John, 170.

General, 149, 154, 156, i6o» 165,

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L^M I70i i73> "79i i86, 190, 19a, 193,

soo, 308,309.
Laiid, David, Captain, 336.
Lamb^ John, Colonel, 60| iis, 154,

ai4, 225.
Lambert, George, Captain, 197.
Lames, ^— » Colond, 253.
Lauiance, John, 37, 69.
Laorence, William, iii, it2.
Lautermilk, Jacob, Lieotenant, 211.
Lawson, John, 88.

, Robert, Colonel, 55, 102.

Learned, SinM>n, General, 137, 143,

166, 167, I79» 192, 251, 275, 293,

304.
Liamed's Brigade, 145, 156^280,294.

Ledger, , Major, 162.

Ledyard, Benjamin, Major, 270, 295.
Lee, , a4>tain, 66, 69, 123,

200, 201, 217.

^ ^ General, 67.

L' Enfant, Pierre Charles, Captain,

309-
Leonard, David, Brigade Major, 216,

231, 240.

Levering's Tavern, 73.

Lewis, , Captain, 41.

^ 1 Colonel, 22, 89.

Lincoln, Benjamin, General, 11, 18,
65, 89, 125.

Lindsay, — — , Lieutenant, 201.

Linslow, ^ Major, 241.

Liquors, Prices of, 12.

Little, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 173.

Littlefidd, Noah M., Lieutenant
Colonel, 193, 241, 266.

Livingston, Henry Beekman, Colo-
nel, X47, 198, 229, 269.

Lloyd, James, 56.

Lockhart, Samuel, Major, 52, 83,

84. 95» »37.
Luken's Mill, 74.

Lyne, Charles, 140.

Lynley, , Lieutenant Colonel,

87, 129, 206, 236.

Lyon, , Major, 55.

Lytle, Archibald, Lieutenant Colo-
nd, 107.

Mason, ^ Lieutenant Cokad,

265.
McClanacfaan, Alexander, Colond,

lOl.

McClenacfaan, Colonel, 9, 12.

McClintock, Nathaniel, Brigade

Major, 156, 165, i77» I9>. «i«-
McClure, John, 177.
^ i Br^ade Bfajor, 155, 162,

176, 189, 209, 242.
McCormick, Henry, 167.

, George, Captain, 105.

, , Brigade Major, 173, 188,

208, 223, 238, 263, 275, 283, 293.
McDougaJl, Alexander, Major den-

«ral, 65, 66, 73t 77i 8a, 9». 94, 9^,
97, loi, 102, 107, 108, 109, no,
115, 116, 119.

, Ranald Stq;>hen, no.

McGibbeney, —-f Lieutenant, 204.

McGowan, John, Major, 97, 107,
116, 124, 134, 145, 157, 173, >89i
208, 224, 239, 249, 264, 275.

McGown, , Captain, 108.

Mclntire, William, 213, 216.

Mcintosh, Ann, 216.

— , lachlan, Brigadier General,
i6o, 167, 170, 174, 186, 194, 209^
217, 222, 233, 238, 242, 243, *5«i
256, 258, 262, 267, 275, 276, 288,

293, 304, 309-
, William, 216.

McKnight, Charles, Doctor, i|s.

McMarcfa, William, 217.

McMath, William, 310.

McWilliams, William, Vice Major,

3"-
Maddodc, William, 327.

Maglesworth, , Colond, 258.

Mailons, , Colonel, 108.

Malance, , Colond, 309.

Malcolm, Wilfiam, Colonel, 82, 87,

149.

Bfarcum, ^ Colond, 257.

Markham, John, Lieutenant Colond,

105.
Markie, President, 201.
Marrd, John, 310.

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BCamn, , Brigade Major, aoo.

Morgan, Simon, Lieutenant, 98.

M,N,

Marshall, EUho, Brigade Major, 309.

Morgan's Light Corps, 136, 142, 240,

^— , John, Lieutenant, 134.

251.

,Thomaa, Colonel, 39, 77, 116,

Morrel, John, 306.

180.

Morrell, , Major, 60.

Marsldll, , AdjuUnt, 242.

Morris, Danid, 73.

Martin, Alexander, Colonel, 47, 93,

, Fhmds, 198.

"o, 138* SOS-

, Lewis, Major, 94.

Marvin, , Brigade Major, 220,

Moylan, Stephen, Colonel, 18, 91,

235. 244, 256, 270, 280, 290, 297.

92, III, 123.

Mathews, George, Colonel, 33.

Muhlenberg, Peter, Brigadier Gen-

Maury, Abraham, Lieutenant, 153.

eral, 9, 13, 18, 27, 28, 44, 52, 69^

MaxweU, William, Brigadier Gen-

71, 80, 91, 95, 100, 101, 108, 124,

eral, 18, 29, 45, 52, 73, 91, 104,

139, 141, 146, 154, 167, 171, 187,

105, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 129,

214, 249, 250, 252, 254, 264, 269,

>34i M5» M9» 156, 165, 188, 194,

280, 283, 287, a93. 296, 397, 301,

212, 223, 233, 239, 244, 271, 275,

3041 3>0'

277, 282, 284, 288, 293, 294, 297,

Mullens, Thomas, Major, 70, 104,

304» 3«6, 310.

115, 129, 236.

Mead, , 153, 265.

Murphy, , Major, 241, 266.

Meade, Richard Kidder, Lieutenant

Murray, Francis, Major, 77, 154.

Colonel, 83, 121, 240, 256, 280, 292.

Mealy, Edward, 14.

Mease, James, Doctor, i, 5, 6, 7.

Nagbl, George, Lieutenant Colonel,

Mellen, James, Lieutenant Colonel,

89, 126, 150, 217, 306.

^3-

Nash, Frands, Brigadier General,

Mentges, Ftancis, Bfajor, 114, 137,

4a, 43. 55» 58, 63, 64, 65, 73f 76,

185, 297.

124.

Mercer, Hugh, Colonel, 3, 5, 7.

Ndson, , Colonel, 80.

Meriwether, David, Ensign, 153.

, , 120.

MiUer, , Lieutenant Colonel,

Nevenis, 1 Captain, 149.

66, 69, loo, 129, 155, 262, 270, 293.

Neville, John, Lieutenant Colonel,

, , Bfajor, 166.

61, 94, ^h «««.

Millin, , Lieutenant Colond,

Nichola, Lewis, Colonel, 152.

170, 202.

Nicholas, George, Lieutenant Colo-

Mixmis, , Brigade Major, 117,

nd, 71, 114.

126, 139, 147, 160, 171, 185,

Nichols, Frands, Major, 75, 191,

221, 236, 247, 258, 271, 280, 291,

167.

298.

Norse, y Lieutenant Colonel,i93.

Monhart, John, 257.

North, Caleb, Biajor, 145, 248.

Monroe, James, 134.

Nunn, , Brigade Major, 150.

Monument to General Nash, 124.

Moon, Jacob, 9.

Ogdbn, Aaron, 306.

Moore, Thomas, Lieutenant, 105.

, Joseph, 230.

, Matthias, Colond, io7i 108,

, , Major, 217, 233,288.

i45» "5a» *35» 252, 263, 275, 282,

Morgan, Daniel, Colonel, 129, 136,

30X.

170,190.

Oliver, f Lieutenant, 260, 261.

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INDEX

0,P,R

Ohktj, Jvembh, liwitenaiit OjHo'

Pteter,' ^ Major, 172, 208, 250^

nd,i39.a97-

275, 310.

Overton, Thomas, Adjutant, lo.

Potter, James, General, 154, 258.

Oxford, Godlrid, 50.

Powdl, Lerin, Lieutenant Colooely

P ALFftBY, WiUiam, lieutenant Colo-

Prentiss, Samnd, lieutenant Colo-

nel, 278.

nel, 94, 100, 188.

Park, , Lleateoant Colonel, 69.

Price, , Cdonel, 97, 13a.

Pwker, Jodah, lieutenant Colond,

16, JO, 36, 114, ia4. «50i ««9.

258.

168, 3S7.

"—f Paid, Obtain, 83.

55, 69, HI.

f k Lientwant, i6i*

, , Brigade Major, 89, 100,

Raini, GOes, lieutenant, 98.

119, 132, 160.

Ramsey, Nathaniel, lieutenant Colo-

PftildO, , Brigade Major, S24,

nel, 151.

^44.

Rations, 10^ 22, 23, 27, 31, 41, 78,

Patenon, John, Brigadter General,

150, 151, 225.

137, 145, 166, 17a, 176* 185, 19a,

Read, , Cobinel, 62.

193, 201, 208, 217, 220, 224, 228,

Reed, Archibald, 156.

232, 238, 241, 242, 250, 256, 265,

k Thomas, «76.

270, 275, a77f «8ii «W, 293, 294,

^ , Major, ii8, 149.

«97f 303f 305-

, lieutenant Colood, 156, 286.

Reely, John, 184, 186, 188.

Regnkr, , lieutenant Colonei,

200, 221, 280, 289.

222, 276, 297.

PawHng, Albert, Major, 238, 256, 280.

Religious services, 303.

Peuce, Job, Major, 12, 22, 33, 52,

Rhea, David, Linitmant Cdknel,

60, 69, 83, 99, 110.

108, 224, 232, 250.

Pdton, Thomas, 216.

Rloe, Stephen, 213.

Penn7packer*8 MiDs, Camp at, i.

Peten, Andrew, Major, 171, 220,

Ridiiud, , Captain, in.

275, 297.

Richardson, William, Colonel, 69, 91.

Pettit, Charles, 268.

f f Major, 89,

Pickering, Timothy, Colonel, 106,

Richedson, Hdt, lieutenant Colo-

191.

nel, 134.

Piatt, Richard, Major, 71, 87, no.

Roadi, Thomas, 106, 109, 114.

Plundering, ai, 22, 31, 32, 37, 38,

Robertson, , 252, 253.

42i 43» 54, 58, 168.

Ross, James, Lieutenant Colonel, aa.

Polk, William, Colonel, 55, 75, 115,

75, «07.

176.

Rumncy, , Colonel, 69.

Poor, Enodi, Brigadier General, 145,

Russdl, Giles, Lieutenant Colonel,

151, 165, 173, 182, 192, 208, 220,

95, 121, 247, 249, 269, 291.

^49, a54» 263, 268, 275, 278, 279,

Rust, John, Lieutenant, 233, 236.

280, 286, 291, 293, 296, 299, 301,

Ruther, Michad, 139.

304,306.

Ryan, Michael, Blajor, 173, 198, 231,

Pope, Charles, lientenant Colond,

234, «38, «75'

100, 132. , Thomas, 226. 1

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INDEX

Saia olUqMis, t9o.

Sunbn^ , Coloiitl, i8o.

Spotswood, , Colonel, 42.

Suidrklge» Anttiii, S9.

Sprout, Ebeneier, Untenant Colo-

8niininfil1| Akmidar, Colond, 176,

^ 193. »3h «35» «75-

177. «9i-

Stagg, John, Brigadier Major, 193,

Scott, Charki, Brigadier General, 17,

»33» Hif *Sh a66.

18, 3^, 4^ S7, A 60, 64^ 66, 69,

Staric, John, Brigadier General, 15.

77. 95. «o7i 108, 116, 119, I".

Starr, Josiah, Lieatenant Colonel,

124, 13a, 145, 167, 177, 190. «».

123, 185, 238, 254.

217, 229, a35. «40. H7f ^, H%

Steel, ^ Captain, 87.

«8o, 290, 293.

Stephen, Adam, Major General, 12,

Scott, Joseph, 28.

16^ 17, iS, 22, 39,43. 53. 57. •3.

64,65,69, 7a, 75, «3, 89, 94, 96,

ScbH, Peter, Major, 102, 132, 154.

100, 102, 106, 107, iio^ 115, 116,

Seanuns, , Colood, 167.

135, M9.

Sedgwi^ Johs, Major, 104, 132.

Stephens, — ^^ Colonel, 87, loi.

Seely, Isaac, Brigade Major, 279,

>53-

288,296,306.

Sterret, William, Major, 53, 85, 12^

Sentries, sitting on poets, 11.

St«iben, Fradericfc William Angw-

Serjeanta, , Captain, 106.

tus. Baron de, 273, 298, 309.

Shagg, , CaptaOn, 20$.

Stemis, , Colood, 16, 18.

Sliddon, EHsha, Colonel, i8,t II, 112.

Stewart, , Colonel, 9, 14, 42, 71,

Sherman, Isaac, Lieatenant Colond,

79, 91, loi, 140, 243, 260, 278.

212, 290, 310.

, W. 310.

Shrere, Israel, Colonel, 244.

Stirling, Lord (see Alennder).

Shrirer, , Colonel, 190.

Stoddard, , Brigade Major, 133,

Shngart, Zacharins, Lientenant, 210.

145. M9. >54.

Sm, Dand FItiiian, Major, 121, 216,

Stokes, John, Lieutenant, 207.

a33.

Stoner, John, Captain, 98.

SQly, , Colonel, 284.

Straggling, 21, 45, 50, 248, 298.

Sinuns, Charles, Lieatenant Colonel,

Street, , Lieutenant, 280.

62, 145, 284.

Stripe, Derail, 310.

Sims, Micajah, 153.

Stroboogh, , Lieutenant Colo-

Slanghter, , Major, 130.

nel, 253, 258.

Smallwood, WilUam, Genenl, 65, 71,

Stubblefield, Beverly, Lieutenant, 12.

73* 83, 99, «o8. "5. "9, 124. ^Sh

1 George, Major, 56, 99, 151,

137, M3. 187.

208.

Smith, Charles, 221

SnlliYan, John, Major General, 42,

, William, 25a.

44,47, 5*. 57. 6o^ 62, 63, 65, 69,

, , Lieutenant, 13.

7h 74, 77f 85, 86, 92, 93, 96, 97,

f . Captain, 275.

99, 100, loi, 102, 105, 107, 108,

, , Major. 64, 108, 110, 143.

112, 114, 116, 117, 119, 122, 126,

1 — -J Lieutenant Colonel, 126.

Sneod, Thomas, Major, 6a, 104,

"7, 134. 135, «36, 147, 154, 158,

161, 164, 192, 200, 205, 234, 237,

»57, a39-

«4o, 25«, a53, 254-

Spencer, , Major, 189.

Summer, , Colonel, 100.

, , Colonel, 77, 108, 123,

Summers, Simon, Adjutant, 26.

176, 213.

Sumner, John, Major, 80, 188, 279.

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s,r,r,w

Swaise, ^ Major, 13, 28.

Swift, Hcman, Cokmd, 75, 94, 103,

iil^ 156, 180, 258.
Swofds pRMntod to Green, Hazl^

wood, and Smitfa, 135, 126.
S7111S, , Lieatenant Coloiid, 63,

80, 109^ 184, 187.

Talbot, SOas, Major, 319, 335, 351,

a63,398.
Talbot, — , Serjeant, 153.
TaUaferro, WilliaiD, lieatenant,

Colonel, 10.
Tallmage^ James, Captain, 11 1.
Taylor, Francis, iii.
^ John, Major, 77, 117, 179,

339,371.
Teanej, Samud, Doctor, 141.
Tenycbe, ^ Brigade Major, 379,

389, 397, 310.

Temant, ^ 374, 393.

Teny, Natiianiei, Lieatenant, 311,

233-

Thadcston, James, Lieutenant, Colo-
nel, 58, 99, lOI.

Thayer, Simeon, Bfajor, aia, 353,

304.
Thomas, John, Major, 146.

Thomson, John, iii.

Tbonton, Peter P., 37.

Tibbits, Giles, 331.

Tipton, Abraham, Lieutenant, 241,

353.
Tim, Joseph, 213.
Titcomb, Benjamin, Major, 165.
Towles, CHiTer, Major, 26, 50.

Trent, , 256.

Topper, Benjamin, Colonel, 149,

252, 257, 258, 260, 275.

Tomer, , Major, 258.

Tyler, ^ Ifajor, 306, 307.

Vaccinating of troops, 263.
Van Cortland, Nichohis, 122.
, PhiMp, Colonel, 143, 241, 247,

301-
Vandeering, Jrfm, 73.
Vandeeiing's MiU, 74.

Van Schakk, Goose, Colood, 311.

Vamom, James Mitchell, Bripdier
Genenl, 82, 85, 91, 94, 100, 109,
"5. i39» MO, i4», i57t 162, 167,
17a, i79> "8a» ««3f «9', i94, ai8,
»4» 331, 2351 Mh aS^f «63, 266^
372, 375, 379, 284, 288, 290^ 294,

a95i «98. 304. 3«o-
Vaoghan, John, 5, 7.

^ Joseph, Major, 71, 133.

Veal, , Captain, 163.

Vose, Elijah, Lleotenant Colond,

170, 218, 264, 275, 279, 280, 398.

Wagon Masters, 14, 15, 19, 38.
Walker, ^ Brigade Major, 288,

397,309-
Wallace^ GostaTos Brown, Biajor,

i45i 254. a73f «75-
Ward, , Bfajor, 183^ 293.

Warner, Josh, 73*

Wairel, John, 247.

Washington, George, General, 3, 5,
9, 74, 143; approres Court Mar-
thd Sentences, 12, 30, 58, 64, 84,
97, 103, 105, no, III, 121, 163,
177; on Burgoyne's Victoiy, 15,
16; praises Soldiers, 14, 60, 68,
70, 90, loi, 103, 154, 244; pruses
Weedon's brigade, 45, 46; thanks
Captain Lee, 200.

Washnam, ^ Ensign, 10.

Wayne, Anthony, General, 17, 39,

43f 50, 72, 75f «Oi 83t «4i 94» 961
loi, 102, 107, 112, 113, ii4t "9»
130, 136, I54t "80, 201, 221, 267,
273f«79» 283.289, 294, 298,304,
305.

Weaver, Jacob, Captain, 119.

Webb^ , Colonel, 224, 243.

Weedon, George, Brigadier Genenl,
ii 3» 5» ^ 7 12, i6, 18, 22, 24,

27, 33, 45, 47, 56* 77^ «9, 94, 95»
100, 101, 108, 124, 133, 139, Uh
147, 153, 155, 160, 167, 172, 184,
189, 198, 199, 212, 214, 215, 216,
224, 242, 243, 249, 275, 282, 293,

295. 304, 306, 309-

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INDEX

Wdssaifds, Fk>ederick R., Lieuten-
ant Colond, 156, 235, 251, 294.

Wdsh, Andrew, 216.

Wdtner, — , Lieutenant Colaoel,
100, 192.

West, , Major, 108, 134, 218.

1 1 135-

Weston, , Colond, 280.

Weysen, , Colond, 304.

Whitbee, Ridiard, Lieutenant, 232.

White, John, 62.

Wiatt, , 154.

Wiggleswortfa, Edward, Colonel, 150,

193, 220, 227, 231, 232.
Wilcox, William, Major, 134.
Williams, Joshua, Captain, 119.

, William, Lieutenant, 223.

^ f Major, 57, 64, 92, 102,

"a, "24, 134, 154, 170.
Williamson, Daniel, 228.

WilUamson, John, 227.

WilHs, Lewis, Lieutenant Colonel,
10.

WiDs, , Major, 147.

Wilson, John, 258.

, , Colonel, 145.

Winslow, Nathaniel, Major, 202,
221, 262, 282.

Wood, James, Colond, 57, 58, 59, 64*

Woodford, William, Brigadier Gen-
eral, 10, 18, 42, 100, 102, 108, 11/,
121, I29( ^ 145, 149, 156, i6o,
189, 200, 2i6, 224, 234, 239, 244,
249, 251, 262, 266, 273, 275, 289,

a93f 298, 308.

Woolford, Thomas, Lieutenant Colo-
nel, 134.

WoireU, Joseph, 247.

Zanb, f Captain, 208, 232.

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